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Celebrity rape case spotlights Nepal laws

For the past weeks, there is one news item that has overshadowed news of the MCC or Ukraine: allegations that Nepali actor...

Justice delayed, justice denied

Nearly an entire generation of Nepali youth has grown up following the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) that was signed on 21 November...

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...

Protesting to protect the right to protest

On 10 October 2020, the #ajhaikatisahane movement went viral on social media and gained attention like we were hoping it would. In the weeks before...

The human cost of Nepal’s political deadlock

When the coalition government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office in July, many had hoped it would restore stability after...

Everyday as if it is Women’s Day

When the Immigration Department last month proposed travel restrictions for women under 40, Nepalis took to the streets wearing black, chanting slogans and holding placards.The rage...

Sonia Awale

End of war is not peace

Communist parties the world over are obsessed with anniversaries. October Revolution Day, Mao Zedong’s Birthday, North Korea’s Day of Victory in the...

Mahara acquitted

Former Speaker of the Nepal Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara was acquitted by the Kathmandu District Court of case in which he was accused...

THE TWO - YEAR ITCH

The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority, the party’s performance has been...

The mental scars of violence

Children sit in a circle experimenting with different colours on palettes at a shelter in Godavari one morning this week. Some design...