justice

'She would have been 33 this year'

These days, every other day seems like an anniversary of one of the more famous crimes committed during the insurgency years. Today...

Nepal’s unpunished war crimes

My father Muktinath Adhikari was a science and math teacher at the Panini Sanskrit Secondary School in Duradanda in Lamjung district. I...

Vow against VAW

As Nepal marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, Ruby Khan makes an impassioned plea for justice from her sit-in near Singha Darbar.

Justice eludes many rape survivors

In recent years, rape survivors and victims of sexual abuse in Nepal have increasingly gone public with their experience and many are choosing to...

Mother on 25th day of hunger strike

A mother who is on the 25th day of a hunger strike in Kathmandu demanding justice against the murderers of her son...

Nepal’s rights groups must step up

Amidst growing concerns over a shrinking civic space, Nepal’s civil society, especially rights-based organisations continue to play an integral role by complementing,...

Nepal’s rights groups must step up

Amidst growing concerns over a shrinking civic space, Nepal’s civil society, especially rights-based organisations continue to play an integral role by complementing,...

Nepal stalls on war crime probes

When a Comprehensive Peace Agreement ended a ten-year war between the Nepal government and the erstwhile Maoist rebels in 2006, both sides...

Nepal elected to 2nd term at UNHRC

Nepal has been elected to a second term on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva despite opposition from activists who...

Nepal is too big for ad hocism

This reality show is as real as it gets, and we better get new systems in place

Anil Chitrakar