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Government claims video-casting from Everest illegal

Bonkers bureaucracy in action. Nepal probes Briton’s ‘illegal’ Everest broadcast KATHMANDU — A British mountaineer’s interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast “illegal”, officials … Continue reading

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Renewable infrastructure no good

What’s that? A new policy dreamt up with the help of some donor? About using the country’s ample potential for renewable energy? Nepal turns to renewable energy More than half of the country’s households – almost all in urban and … Continue reading

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UK uses universal jurisdiction, arrests col. Kumar Lama for torture

Very interesting to see universal jurisdiction used in the UK. It’s quite rarely used. We can bet the government are angry. UK police charge Nepalese colonel with 2 counts of torture during civil war British police say they have charged … Continue reading

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To behead or to hack?

The Saudis strike against Nepali migrant workers once more. Is it not enough to fail to protect them properly in a country renowned for gross human rights abuses? Now they are going to behead or “hack” a Nepali man for … Continue reading

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Times of India highlights war crimes fallout

And so the backlash begins, as victims realise the extent of the Maoist-parties agreement on war crimes. — Slain brothers’ family fights Maoist Goliath for justice in Nepal KATHMANDU: “I carry my brother’s last image everywhere with me,” says a … Continue reading

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Maoist-parties agreement begins to bite

Several weeks after the widely-acclaimed agreement between the Maoists and the other political parties which saw a decision on a “peace and reconciliation” committee, we are starting to see the outcomes. Rather than “truth and justice” the government has decided, once … Continue reading

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An apolitical fighting force, or mercenaries?

The Guardian today states that Gurkha soldiers are known as “an apolitical fighting force”. Confusing, as this is what is normally regarded as the definition of mercenaries: those who fight for money rather than for state sovereignty. Would the Guardian be … Continue reading

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Parties agree Maoist integration, at expense of victims

It’s great news, unless you were a victim. If you were, then you would be looking at this and thinking that over the past few years your War Crimes Commission has been watered down into a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, … Continue reading

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100 Day Campaign against Caste Discrimination and Untouchability

This is a Hundred Day Campaign jointly organized by the National Dalit Commission NDC and the United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal OHCHR-Nepal. On 16th September, the President of Nepal officially inaugurated the launch of the campaign and over … Continue reading

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“S*x Gurung”, “Nepali prostit**ion”: top website searches

**edit 3/2/12: I have asterisk-ed the title of this in order to stop more people coming. It seems that such a title is exactly what people are looking for on google…** It makes us proud to have the internet when we learn such … Continue reading

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