by Mahesh KC in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 5, 2023West Rukum: Aite Pun does not have warm clothes to protect him from the harsh cold. His family members are huddled inside the tarpaulin tent they have been calling home since the November 3 earthquake destroyed their house at ward 1 of Sanibheri Rural Municipality in West Rukum. “It started raining this morning. The temperature has dropped considerably. We don’t have warm clothes or bedding. We…
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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 Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, revealed Thursday that Pakistani authorities have prevented his group from gathering aid for earthquake victims in Herat, Afghanistan. He criticized the Pakistani government for hindering “the expression of Pashtun humanity.” Mr. Pashteen is one of the influential Pashtun leaders in Pakistan who has repeatedly criticized the government and the military for unlawful killings and abductions in tribal…
by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Oct 13th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The interim Afghan government has refused to accept aid from Pakistan for the earthquake victims as tensions between the two neighbours continue to strain relations between them. Afghanistan was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake last Saturday, leaving at least 1,000 people dead and affecting many villages. There was further damage when another quake hit the region on Wednesday. Pakistan was quick to offer support…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Oct 1, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called the attack on the Kaaj School on its first anniversary “horrific” and emphasized its commitment to standing with the victims and individuals affected by this incident and other violent incidents in Afghanistan. UNAMA, on Saturday night, wrote on its social media platform X, stating that in last year’s attack on the Kaaj School, 54 people were…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 11, 2023At a time when the government is putting all its effort into expediting an amendment to the existing transitional justice law, victims of the insurgency from the side of the government security forces have sought the United Nations’ support for justice. Writing a letter to two human rights rapporteurs at the UN, they claim that Nepal’s transitional justice process excludes the security personnel victimised at the…
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…
report in The Daily Starm Aug 26m 2023Around five lakh people might have been scammed by the cyber ponzi scheme Metaverse Foreign Exchange (MTFE), losing several thousand crores of taka, suspect the Criminal Investigation Department of police. Most of the victims are from Dhaka, Barishal, Rajshahi, Cumilla, Naogaon, Kushtia, Brahmanbaria and Satkhira, said CID following primary investigation. The aggrieved are advised to contact the CID Cyber Support Center to inform and report the fraudsters, said…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 10, 2023A crack has opened up in the ruling coalition following the signing on Tuesday of a five-point agreement between the home ministry and the Gaur Murder Victims Struggle Committee. At least 27 Maoist cadres were killed in Gaur of Rautahat district on March 21, 2007 in an ugly confrontation with the cadres of the then Madheshi Janadhikar Forum led by Upendra Yadav. Yadav now chairs the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 5, 2023As a parliamentary panel prepares to finalise a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, the insurgency victims, human rights activists and civil society members staged a sit-in in the Capital on Friday to pressure the committee to correct flawed provisions in the bill. Carrying placards with various slogans, they demanded the sub-committee of the Law and Justice Committee of the House of…
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…