Nepal human rights violations threatening peace: UN official
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang said Sunday that unchecked human rights violations in Nepal remain a barrier to achieving sustainable peace in the country. Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel...
Santosh Giri : "The abolition of Nepal's nearly 240-year-old monarchy and declaration of Nepal as a "federal, democratic, republican state" was made by an overwhelming majority in the interim parliament late last month. 270...
The interim parliament in Nepal voted Friday to end the nearly 240-year-old monarchy and to turn the nation into a republic. The vote supported an agreement reached earlier this week by representatives of Nepal's...
Nepal parties agree on abolishing monarchy under governance deal
Representatives of Nepal's leading political parties signed an agreement Sunday that would abolish the country's monarchy as part of a plan to bring members of Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) back into the country's government....
Nepal parliament weighs future of monarchy in special session
Members of parliament in Nepal opened debate at a special session Thursday to address the status of King Gyanendra and the Nepalese monarchy. The Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) reiterated...
Maoists leave Nepal government in new call for democratic republic
The Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) announced Tuesday that it is vacating the interim government and boycotting future elections until its demands for parliament to immediately declare the country a federal democratic republic were met....
Eric Linge, Pitt Law '09, files from Mumbai:Outbursts of communal violence are common in India. There are Maoist insurgents in the jungles. There are 23 different separatist militias in the eastern hill states. And as I reported in prior weeks,...
Leadership within the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) has called on Nepal's interim parliament to immediately declare the country a federal democratic republic. CPN-M leadership formed a human protest chain through the parliament building on...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has urged Nepal to adopt an amendment in its interim constitution creating a fully independent judiciary. In a letter to Subhash Nemwang, the speaker of the Parliament, ICJ...
The United Nations will work with Nepali leaders to bring human rights violators to justice, according to a statement from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour . Arbour is on a six-day visit to the...
