INSEC Expresses Grief over the Demise of Human Rights Activist Shrestha
INSEC has expressed grief in the untimely demise of Senior Health Expert Dr. Mathura Prasad Shrestha, a Guardian to Nepal Human Rights Campaigns and a respectable personality. Dr. Kundan Aryal stated that Dr. Shretha will forever remain alive in the Human Rights and Social in a Grief Statement released on…
Half-burnt Body of Elderly Discovered
The half-burnt body of Padmakumari Khadka, 71 of Gokulganga Rural Municipality-4, Betali, was discovered, on 19 February in her house. The body was found under her carpet. Gangadevi Basnet, Khadka's neighbor, found the body and informed the police with the help of brother-in-law Ramchandra Basnet. DSP Hom Bahadur Parajuli, Chief…
More than 7,000 Individuals Victimized in the Incidents of Human Rights Violations and Abuses in 2022
INSEC revealed the statistics of 7,376 victims of Human Rights Violations and Abuses in an event held at Kathmandu. The data was revealed on the launching ceremony of Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2023, organized by INSEC on 19 February. Nepal Human Rights Year Book, which has been published by…
Speaker Ghimire Insists on Completion of Peace Process
Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives, Devraj Ghimire addressed the Nepal Human Rights Book launching ceremony 2023 organized by Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) in Kathmandu on February 19. During the address, he emphasized the need for the Government to complete the peace process initiated after the end of…
School Principal Arrested For Beating Students
Dambar Bahadur Shrestha, the principal of Shree Krishna Ratnganga Secondary School located in Chautara Sagachokgadi Municipality-5, was arrested by the police on 17 February 2023 on the charge of beating up three female students studying in the 10th grade as punishment. Bidur Acharya, a teacher of the same school, the…
President Waives Fine Imposed By Election Commission
President Bidya Devi Bhandari waived the fine imposed by the Election Commission on the candidates of the local level elections of 13 May 2023, on 17 February. According to Leelakant Paudel, the Assistant Spokesperson of the President's Office, President waived off the fine following Article 276 of The Constitution of…
Financial Support to Chepang Community- Influenced by INSECOnline News
Students of Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-2 Maskhark Panchkanya Basic School, including 70 Chepang children, were provided with stationary materials on 16 February 2023. A news article published on Insec Online, on 18 January regarding the situation of the Chepang community, highlighted the plight of children from the communities with…
Two Years of Imprisonment to the Convict of Rape
District Court of Nuwakot rendered a verdict imposing two years of imprisonment to Rishi Bahadur Baskota, 68, of Belkot Gadi Municipality-4, on 14 February, in the charge of rape of a 13-year-old girls. Bench of District Judge Madan Bahadur Dhami convicted Baskota imposing two years of imprisonment, Rs. 20,000 compensation…
Accused of Rape Arrested
A 32-year-old brother in law was arrested from Melamchi on 5 February in the accusation of rape of a 25-year-old woman. Aggrieved party has alleged that the accused raped the victim on 3 January, 2022, using coercion and threat while she was in her home. As per inspector of the…
Accused of Rape Arrested
A 46-year-old father from Rubi Valley Rural Municipality-6, has been arrested by the police on 26 January in the charge of rape of a 13-year-old daughter. Victim filed a complaint at district police office alleging that the accused raped her in their temporary home at Nilkantha Municipality-12 on 24 January…