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4 July 2008

Human rights activists demonstrating with placards in hands in a program organized jointly by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) and Human Rights Education Radio Listeners Club (HRERLIC) on 1 July in Maitighar Mandala of Kathmandu to put pressure on accession to Rome Statue of International Criminal Court (ICC).

(Photo : Raju Paswan)

Businessperson Shot Dead
Jhapa/3 July

An unidentified group of around twenty-five persons has shot dead businessperson Atma Ram Agrawal at Dhulabari of Mechinagar municipality on 2 July night. Two others were shot injured in the same incident. A group of suspected looters opened fire at Agrawal and his wife Ashadevi after entering inside the home situated at the same place. Atma Ram sustained injury at his stomach, while his wife sustained head injury. Agrawal died on the way to Mechi Zonal Hospital in Bhadrapur.

Police said the armed group also detonated a socket bomb in Agrawal's house. ....

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* Businessperson Shot Dead (Jhapa/3 July)

* YCL Activists Beat Up Civilian (Rukum/3 July)

* School Girl Raped (Nawalparasi/3 July)

* Family Members Displaced (Jajarkot/2 July)

* NC Activists Beat Up VDC Secretary (Siraha/2 July)

* YF Activists Beat Up DoLEP Employee (Kathmandu/2 July)

* School Principal Shot Dead by Armed Group (Morang/1July)

* Civil Society Network Coordinator Shot Dead (Bardiya/30 June)

* One Beaten to Death In front of Police (Saptari/30 June)

* Civilian Abducted by Armed Group (Saptari/30 June)

* Maoist Activist Beats Up Elderly Father (Morang/29 June)

* Minor Girl Raped (Lalitpur/29 June)

* Role of Civil Society in Transitional Period Sought (Kaski/ 28 June)

* Engineer Abducted by Unidentified Gang (Saptari/ 27 June )

* Torture Victims Wait for Treatment (Jajarkot/ 27 June )

* IDP Urges Support for Children's Education (Surkhet/ 27 June )

* INSEC Urges GoN to Fulfill Obligations for Protection of the Rights of Torture Victims (Kathmandu/26 June)

* JTMM Threatens Employees to Quit Terai (Saptari/26 June)

* Journalists Seek Security (Morang/26 June)

* AHRC Urges GoN to Criminalize Torture (Kathmandu/25 June)

Human Rights Activist Pujan Acharya, 23, of Human Rights Awareness and Development Centre (HURADEC)- INSEC affiliated organization-successfully reached the summit of Mt.Everest on 29 May 2008. We would like to congratulate Acharya for being the first human rights activist to reach the milestone.

Congratulation

INSEC Family

'Follow up report on grave human rights violations'

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