Nepal fails to deliver on human rights commitments
NGOs tell UN rights council that the country’s delivery on child rights, gender violence, and equity remains poor.
Binod Ghimire
Nepal’s powerful lobbies are ‘bending’ laws to serve their interests.
When leadership is weak, interest groups take advantage, according to experts.
Nepali teachers give a week’s ultimatum for school bill’s passage
While the House panel has agreed on most issues, there’s no deal on quotas for temporary teachers in permanent posts.
Nepal fails to enforce anti-torture law
Different studies suggest officials implicated in torture and related custodial deaths nearly always evade judicial processes, reinforcing a culture of impunity. Investigations…
Teachers in Nepal warn of fresh protest over school bill
Fears of delayed legislation grow as the House calendar for the session ending June 28 has omitted the bill.
Nepal’s Chepang ethnic people evicted for conservation, denied promised housing, amenities
A National Human Rights Commission report reveals cases of torture and deaths among Chepang people during forced eviction and displacement.
Grade 12 tests in Nepal deferred to May 4 amid teachers’ boycott
The tests, originally slated to commence on April 24, have been postponed until May 4. A meeting of the board on Tuesday evening took the decision to defer the examinations…
Nepal’s teachers’ protest on despite ‘positive’ talks with PM and Speaker
Fifteen days after their protest, PM Oli urged the teachers’ representatives to withdraw their agitation, assuring that the government would make maximum effort to address their…
Teachers continue to protest in Nepal
They remain defiant in their demand for a new School Education Act incorporating past deals with the government.
Nepali government can enforce law to regulate free speech, top court rules
Passing a verdict on a writ petition for scrapping Section 47 of the Act, the Constitutional Bench of the court said that freedom of opinion and expression, despite being…