Full Coverage: Nepal

11.10.2009 Nepal has re-launched the discharge and rehabilitation process of over 4,000 former Maoist fighters, including child soldiers.

13.08.2009 As food security deteriorates in Nepal, development agencies remind the government about human rights obligations. IRIN News

26.07.2009 An overwhelming welcome in Nepal awaited Gurkha champion and actress Joanna Lumley, who has headed the campaign to enable Gurkha veterans to have the right to settle in Britain.

11.05.2009 The fall of Prachanda's government has no direct connection with the controversial treatment of Gurkha veterans in the UK. But our domestic political dramas should not overshadow the significance of poverty reduction and stability in Nepal.

10.04.2009 No significant effort has been made to capture the perpetrators of murder, sexual attacks and other assaults on women human rights activists in Nepal, says an international rights group.

13.01.2009 Key medicinal plants used for cancer, malaria and other remedies are being over-exploited — potentially putting the health of millions at risk, warns an international conservation group.

18.08.2008 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf announced in a televised address to the nation today that he had decided to resign to avoid impeachment, while former Maoist rebel leader, Prachanda, is sworn in as Nepal's Prime Minister.

28.05.2008 The sun set on monarchy in Nepal today as the country became the world's youngest republic after the constituent assembly approved a proposal to terminate the 239-year monarchy.
+ OneWorld Nepal Guide

25.04.2008 Around 250 women and lower-caste Dalit have been elected to Nepal's new Constituent Assembly, reversing centuries of exclusion and raising hopes for a major political push to eradicate discrimination from Nepali society.

24.04.2008 With the emergence of the Maoists as the largest party in Nepal's Constituent Assembly, the group today held consultations with donor agencies about aid for the government the party will lead.
From Kantipur.com

22.04.2008 Achin Vanaik sets out the complex background of Nepal's 2006 revolution, the ensuing struggle for a new republic, the overthrow of the monarchy, and the tactical challenges facing the Maoists.
From New Left Review

21.04.2008 As Nepal steps up measures to prevent pro-Tibet protests in response to the Olympic torch being carried on Everest, the government has instructed soldiers to shoot if necessary.

15.04.2008 Nepal's 240-year monarchy will be abolished within a month, according to Maoists who are poised to head a new coalition government.
From The Hindu

14.04.2008 The Maoists are emerging as the largest party in Nepal after the 10 April constituent assembly election, having won 112 out of the first 200 constituencies declared.
From Himalayan Times
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11.04.2008 Hundreds of women and lower-caste Dalit candidates ran in Nepal's elections yesterday, pleasing local and international rights advocates who hope the vote will advance efforts to end discrimination.

10.04.2008 As the Nepalese vote in the country's first elections in almost a decade, a photoessay explores the election's significance in rural Nepal, where poverty is rife and many lives have been scarred by the recent civil war.

10.04.2008 As Nepalese go to the polls today to elect a group of law makers that will draft a new constitution, a human rights monitor warns ongoing "violence, candidate intimidation, and efforts to suppress voter turnout" may mar the vote.
From: Human Rights Watch

21.03.2008 "The government of Nepal should cease arbitrary arrests and detentions, harassment, and the use of excessive force to silence Tibetan protesters, activists and journalists," says Human Rights Watch.
From: Human Rights Watch

20.03.2008 Human Rights Watch has condemned NepalÂ’s use of excessive force to silence and detain protesting Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu. Protests mounted in the capital since March 10 in reaction to BeijingÂ’s violent suppression of protesters in Tibet and neighbouring provinces in China.

29.02.2008 A program in the poverty-stricken Central Terai region of Nepal seeks to improve women's and girls' health by training young people as peer educators, community activists, and counselors in the fields of health, family planning, and HIV/AIDS.