Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 07, 2023 at 9:32 PMAmnesty International called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prioritize and accelerate the delivery of justice for victims of crimes committed by the Taliban, as well as by other actors in Afghanistan. In part of the declaration of Amnesty International, it stated that the delivery of justice for the victims of war crimes should be accelerated. The statement said: “The International Criminal Court (ICC) must…
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By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Nov 1, 2023Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, yesterday (31) alleged that the country had been deprived of foreign exchange to the tune of billions of USD over the past three decades due to the failure on the part of the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) to establish a system to sell hydrographic maps for ships entering Sri Lankan waters. Addressing the media at his office…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 30, 2023The high-level visit by the UN Secretary General António Guterres has been an opportunity for the victims from the Maoist insurgency to draw his attention to their long struggle for justice. In the first week of October, the Conflict Victims Common Platform and the Conflict Victims National Network, two different organisations of the victims, had urged Guterres to press the government to amend the Enforced Disappearances…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 30, 2023 The visiting United Nations Secretary General António Guterres sent a strong message to Nepali politicians on Sunday, emphasising the need for Nepal’s transitional justice system to meet international standards. Guterres, who landed in Kathmandu on Sunday morning on a four-day visit, held talks with President Ramchandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Purna Bahadur Khadka and Foreign Minister…
by ik Asad in Dawn, October 15th, 2023• Over 18,000 criminal cases pending• 80pc acquittal rate in rape cases due poor investigation, out-of-court settlements• 661 convicts acquitted by higher courts due to flawed prosecution, archaic lawsISLAMABAD: The pendency of criminal cases in the federal capital has exceeded 18,000, with a majority of the suspects going scot-free as a result of archaic laws, weak prosecution, and flawed investigation. According to court statistics, currently, 9,369 criminal cases…
By Shamsurrahman Khpalwak in ToloNews, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:55 PMFamilies of those killed in airstrikes by foreign troops in Afghanistan said that during the previous 20 years many civilians have been killed and injured. Families demanded justice from international institutions, especially human rights institutions. One of the villages that was a target of night operations, airstrikes, and missile assaults by foreign troops for the past twenty years is Qala-e-Ander, which is located on the…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, August 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As a mob burnt down churches and houses of the Christian community over an unverified case of blasphemy in Jaranwala on Wednesday, members of the religious minorities cried out for justice and said they were left at the mercy of the angry mob. Church of Pakistan President Bishop Azad Marshall said in a tweet on X (formerly Twitter), “Words fail me as I write this, We, bishops,…
report in ToloNews, July 5, 2023 at 9:48 PMThe relatives of the victims of a village in Mata Khan district of Paktika which was raided by foreign troops 15 years ago, are calling for compensation and justice. The residents of Ibrahim Kariz village said that 40 villagers including women and children were killed in the raid. Hafizullah, who lost his father and 15 other members of his family in the raids, told TOLOnews that many…
By Norman Palihawadane in The Island, Apr 26, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday vowed that its quest for justice for the victims of the Easter Sunday carnage would continue until the real culprits were brought before justice. Bishop of Kurunegala and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, His Eminence Harold Anthony, said that the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles had given him all volumes of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), which…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 22, 2023After the failure of the Constitutional Council in nominating a candidate for chief justice, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday had a meeting with CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli to discuss nominations and endorsement of the bills in parliament. Dahal’s attempt was to woo Oli, who is the leader of the main opposition, to ensure that the next meeting of the council would be fruitful while also…