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OHCHR Concerned About Rising Tension in Gaur
OHCHR is concerned once again over rising tension in gaur, rautahat district. as both the madheshi People rights forum MPRF and the CPN-Maoists CPN-M prepare for protests and programmers in gaur on Saturday and Sunday respectively, OHCHR wishes to dr...
OHCHR, (2007)
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Global Financial Crisis, Volatile Food Prices, make Agricultural Focus Urgent, UN Human Rights Food Expert tells UN Commission on Sustainable Development.
NEW YORK / GENEVA -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Olivier De Schutter, has outlined some of the crucial choices that must be made to design more sustainable food systems in a world facing climate change and declinin...
OHCHR, (2009)
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High Commissioner for Human Rights Visiting Nepal
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay will make her first
official visit to Nepal 18-22 March. The objectives of the visit are to see firsthand the activities of OHCHR’s country office, to assess the overall human rights situation...
OHCHR, (2009)
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Impunity Remains Major Obstacle to the Peace Process Five Years After Killing of Maina Sunuwar
Tuesday will mark five years since the torture and killing of 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar by members of the former Royal Nepal Army. Despite a September 2007 Supreme Court ruling that police conduct an investigation and years of advocacy by the human r...
OHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR and Human Rights Organisations of Kapilvastu Organise Human Rights Week
POKHARA– OHCHR-Nepal’s Western Regional Office is supporting the human rights organisations of Kapilvastu District to organise a Human Rights Week in Taulihawa from 12 to 18 April. Authorities, civil society members and the general population are al...
OHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR Condemns Threats to Editors and Publishers
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHRNepal) is seriously concerned about threats to editors and publishers over news reporting on the murder of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah who was shot dead in Kathmandu...
OHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR-Nepal Calls for an End to Violence by All Sides in Chitwan protests
OHCHR-Nepal is extremely concerned about the use of live ammunition by police. One person was reportedly killed and several others injured, three critically, after police fired live ammunition in Tandi of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan District, on...
OHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR-Nepal Calls for Swift Implementation of Supreme Court Ruling on Dhanusha Disappearance
OHCHR-Nepal welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of the enforced
disappearances of five students in Dhanusha District in October 2003. At a 2
February hearing on writ petitions filed in August 2007, the Supreme Court ordered the Nep...
OHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR-Nepal Condemns Killing of Woman Journalist Uma Singh
OHCHR-Nepal deplores the murder on 11 January of Janakpur-based journalist Uma
Singh, who died after she was attacked at her home by men armed with khukhuris. No one has yet claimed responsibility. The Office calls on Nepal Police to conduct a prom...
OHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR-Nepal Encourages Disappearance Law Consistent with International Standards
The Government of Nepal has submitted a bill to theLegislature-Parliament for
consideration to substitute for the Disappearances (Crime and Punishment) Ordinance 2065. OHCHR-Nepal supports the Government’s efforts to criminalise enforced disappeara...
OHCHR, (2009)
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