Tag: #war crimes
Articles tagged with #war crimes
How Israel lost its soul
The Jewish state’s identity has now gone from being the victim of genocide to perpetrator.
Remembering not to forget war crimes
Nearly 20 years after the end of the Maoist conflict, an investigation into ex-House Speaker offers hope for transitional justice
The loss of an identity
Palestinians call out Israel’s mission to destroy their history and cultural heritage in Gaza
Balochistan to Kashmir
The region’s unresolved grievances refuse to stay buried
Nepal's transitory justice
Nepal’s cross-party consensus on transitional justice leaves serious doubts about some provisions and implementation
Nepal’s chance on transitional justice
A window of opportunity to make war crimes bill conform to international standards
Restorative justice for peace-building
Colombian judge’s advice to Nepal: a vengeful system that prioritises punishment post-conflict is counter-productive
'She would have been 33 this year'
Devi Sunar and her adopted daughter Maina in front of the picture of Devi’s late daughter Maina who was only 14 when she was tortured and killed…
Vignettes from war
Two women on opposite sides of Nepal's Maoist insurgency draw on memories of conflict
Nepal’s unpunished war crimes
Image from a series by Chinese photographer Guligo Jia’s exhibition of ‘reunions’ of people with family members they lost in the war projected…
The scars of war
Bhakta Bahadur Regmi with Rabin and Rabina in Kathmandu last week speaking about a traumatic tragedy 20 years ago that changed their lives. All…
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…
From the frontlines of Nepal’s war
A narrow ridge that served as a helipad in Kalikot district back in 2004 when the Maoist War was on its peak. Photo: KUNDA DIXITTwenty-five…
Mother on 25th day of hunger strike
Photo: KANAK MANI DIXIT/TWITTERA mother who is on the 25th day of a hunger strike in Kathmandu demanding justice against the murderers of her…
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 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…
Ganga Maya’s endless road to justice
On the sixth death anniversary of Nanda Prasad Adhikari who was on a hunger strike demanding justice for his murdered son, his widow Ganga Maya…
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…
Only memories remain
14 years and 11 prime ministers later Text and photographs by Bikkil SthapitMany of the over 1,300 people still listed as missing after the…
Last letter to Rolpa’s Nepali family
Nagarik, 10 February 2020Tilak Ram Nepali was among the 600 teachers who were killed or disappeared during the conflict. He was abducted on 10…
THE TWO - YEAR ITCH
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority,…
Torture systematic in South Asia: ICJ
EXHUMING ACCOUNTABILITY: Baburam Tamang, Maoist activist, one of the 21 killed execution-style by the army in Doramba in August, 2003.South…