Full Coverage: Nepal

31.08.2005 The UN has reported that an increasing number of people are disappearing in Nepal and this is being done by both - the government as well as the Maoist rebels. In another report, UNICEF has said that an estimated 2.4 million children and women are trafficked every year for prostitution, forced labour and mining work.

29.08.2005 Nepal's indigenous people, or Janajatis, are demanding King Gyanendra address societal imbalances and reinstate a year-old law reserving ten percent of government seats for indigenous peoples.

26.08.2005 UNESCO Bangkok's Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics (AIMS) Unit hosted and trained officials from the Nepal Ministry of Education (MoE) as part of the Flash Report Method on conducting annual school census at the AIMS office, UNESCO Bangkok.

23.08.2005 READ - Rural Education And Development, Nepal - has been building community libraries. These libraries are run with the active participation of the community and have their own income generating scheme for meeting operating costs and financial sustainability.

23.08.2005 The founder and coordinator of a UNESCO-supported community multimedia centre in Nepal was recently recognised for his contribution in disseminating information to society by innovatively using simple and cheap audiovisual technology.

22.08.2005 Dalits in the village of Syaula, long repressed by Maoist workers, have returned to their homes after human rights activists held discussions with Maoist leaders to resolve the conflict. Maoist leaders have pledged to the Dalits to return their property, take action against Maoist workers who commit excesses, and end the violence.

18.08.2005 New government powers are worrying national and international NGOs in Nepal because of fears that the legislation will enable the state to control and regulate NGO programmes.

18.08.2005 For more than nine years a conflict has raged in Nepal between government security forces and fighters of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The conflict has had a devastating effect on all sections of Nepali society—but especially on the lives of children. The most fundamental rights of children are being violated routinely, and nowhere is this more apparent than in schools across the country.

18.08.2005 Some national and international NGOs in Nepal have expressed concern over a just passed government law, which gives the state new powers to control and regulate NGO programs and activities.

12.08.2005 Killings by the state and by Maoist rebels are increasing in Nepal, human rights activists warned as they called for action by the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights.

12.08.2005 A Nepalese human rights group, Insec, says that eversince King Gyanendra took over direct rule of Nepal on 1 February, at least 1,115 people have been killed. The report says 738 have died at the hands of the state and 377, including both civilians and security personnel, have been killed by Maoist rebels.

11.08.2005 A report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice says that caste discrimination is the root cause of the civil war in Nepal and the conflict will remain unresolved unless a sustained commitment is made to eradicate caste-based abuses.

04.08.2005 Government-backed vigilante groups, known as "Village Defense Forces," are worsening Nepal's human rights situation, increasing intimidation of the civilian population through tactics such as forced recruitment, sexual harassment, and beatings, reports Amnesty International.