Tag: #Human rights
Articles tagged with #Human rights
Slavery and unfree labour
A long and torturous history of enslavement continues to shape human rights and gender discourse in Nepal
Rights groups call Nepal’s peace bill a ‘flawed step forward’
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in joint statement say transitional justice law has ‘serious shortcomings’
Prisoners of conscience languish in Bhutan jails
Released political prisoner describes desperate conditions, Human Rights Watch says
“How can we argue that those victims whose loved ones disappeared should simply forget?”
Interview with human rights activist Mandira Sharma
Government inaction leads to impunity
New HRW report highlights human rights abuses in post-conflict Nepal
Let the sky fall
In her debut novel, Pakistani writer takes a stand against injustice in a tale that travels from Lahore to New York
“Pay Qatar's World Cup workers”
With two-month to go for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, human rights groups have urged FIFA’s sponsors to compensate workers involved in building…
UN censures censors
Photo: MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYAThe United Nations has singled out 42 countries (out of 193 member states) for condemnation– virtually blacklisting…
“Nepal should make decisions for Nepal’s good”
Out-going US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry speaks to Nepali Times about his four-year tenure which was marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the…
Addressing Nepal's digital divide
Human rights may be one way to narrow the digital technology gap between Kathmandu and Kalikot
US Embassy hosts Democracy Summit
PHOTO: US Embassy NepalThe US Embassy in Nepal hosted a Summit for Democracy on the eve of a Summit to be convened by President Joe Biden on…
Bhutan’s refugees between hope and despair
Bhutanese pro-democracy leader Tek Nath Rizal.It has been a long time since the government of Bhutan washed its hands off the refugees it…
Nepal Speaker’s IPU trip slammed
A network of 24 civil society groups have demanded that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) withdraw its invitation to House Speaker Agni…
Toothless Commissions
The then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader 'Prachanda' Pushpa Kamal Dahal signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in…
Justice delayed, justice denied
Photo: Jan Møller HansenNearly an entire generation of Nepali youth has grown up following the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) that was signed…
Nepalis abused by Nepalis in Luxembourg
Scars of injuries sustained by Shyam in his scalp when his Nepali employer in a restaurant in Luxembourg allegedly beat him with a tandoor…
Nepal’s rights groups must step up
Representatives of the civil society staging demonstration at Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu. Photo: NEPALI TIMES/ARCHIVEAmidst growing concerns…
Nepal’s rights groups must step up
Representatives of the civil society staging demonstration at Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu. Photo: NEPALI TIMES/ARCHIVEAmidst growing concerns…
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 have…
Nepal again pledges progress on human rights if elected to UN council
The contrast between Nepal’s human rights promises and reality on the ground is glaring, but indications are that the country will be elected to…
End impunity, protect rights: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has once more urged the government to address allegations of recent extra-judicial executions and deaths in custody, as…
Nepal must reboot human rights, rule of law
Photo: Jan Møller HansenSometimes it can feel as though Nepal goes through endless cycles that bring us back every time to the place where we…
COVID-19 shrinks civic space
A glimpse of enough Is Enough campaign in Kathmandu. Photo: MONIKA DEUPALACivil society around the world faces serious restrictions on its…
Will Nepal get 2nd term at UNHRC?
At a time when Nepal is preparing for a second term at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an international rights group says its record on…