Tag: #impunity
Articles tagged with #impunity
Policing the Police
Police killings, abuse of power, and the lack of accountability threaten the stability of Nepal’s democracy
THE OLIGARCHY
Photo: HIMALKHABAR.COMThere is an old Hungarian proverb: ‘If you are among thieves, and you keep quiet, that makes you a thief as well.’The…
Getting away with murder
Rautahat MP Mohammad Aftab Alam, currently in police custody charged with murder, has refused to take a polygraph test, angering the police and…
The rise and fall of Comrade Mahara
Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic Hospital on Tuesday…
The business of politics undermines Nepal’s democracy
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIWhen Prime Minister KP Oli and NCP co-chair Prachanda had a luncheon meeting at the home of business tycoon Durga…
No shame
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIJust when we thought everything necessary had been said about Nepal’s corrosive corruption, it seems to be even…
A KLEPTO REPUBLIC
All of us witness examples of Nepal’s corruption pandemic every day in every sphere of life: from slipping a few to get a driving license to…
Federalism, rule of law and the judiciary
Pic: Bhanu BhattaraiThe 2015 Constitution and arrival of fresh political leaders through nationwide elections in 2017 promised a more equal and…
A year wasted
After ten years of blood and 12 years of trying to come to terms with why it was shed, Nepalis had great hopes for 2018.Last year this time,…
Daughter Slaughter
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oIt was raining hard that Tuesday night on 11 September in Chandrapur of Rautahat. In the Das family home, teenage…
CORROSIVE CONDUCT
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oThere is an argument that there has not been an abrupt rise in the number of rape cases in Nepal, it is just being…
The roots of rape
Have you raped anyone? If your answer is yes, think: why did you commit a crime deemed to be wrong by society, and illegal by law? Are you a…
Republic of rape
The number of reported rapes in Nepal has shot up by 30% in the past year. It has multiplied four times in ten years. There are at least three…