INSEC Draws Attention to Protect the Rights of Children

The Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) Gandaki Province Office issued a press release on February 15 drawing serious attention to the incident where teacher Sushma Shrestha at Prabhat Academy Boarding School of Bhimad Municipality-6, Tanahu burned the cheek of a fourth-grade student with a hot iron on February 11. The…

February 15, 2025  
Accused Arrested for Rape

Police arrested 21-year-old Rahul Verma of Ramgram Municipality-16, Hakuyi, on January 30 for the charge of raping an 11-year-old girl. The aggrieved party filed a complaint at the District Police Office on January 29, stating that the accused raped the girl on January 28. The victim underwent a health examination…

January 30, 2025  
Accused Arrested for Incest Rape

Police arrested 37-year-old man on 5 Jaauary for raping his 15-year-old daughter. DSP Indra Prasad Subedi of the District Police Office Gorkha said that the accused was arrested for investigation based on the complaint filed by the aggrieved party alleging that the accused had raped the victim repeatedly for two…

January 7, 2025  
INSEC Representative Selected as Coordinator of Human Rights Network Tanahun

INSEC District Representative Prakashchandra Bhattarai has been selected as the coordinator of the Human Rights Network Tanahun. The human rights organizations meeting in Tanahun on December 20 in Damauli restructured the human rights network under the coordination of INSEC representatives. The members of the Human Rights Network include the NGO…

December 21, 2024  
Four Local Levels in Myagdi Still Lack Own Ambulance

Out of the six local levels in Myagdi, four of the local levels still haven't purchased their own ambulance to provide health facilities to the people under their local government, even after 10 years of local level formation. Article 35 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 guarantees the right to…

December 18, 2024  
INSEC Gandaki Province Office Coordinator Khakurel Honored

Shiva Prasad Khakurel, the Coordinator of INSEC Gandaki Province Office, has been honored at a program held in Pokhara in recognition of his contribution to the field of human rights. Khakurel was honored on December 18 during a program organized by the Business Promotion Center of Pokhara Metropolitan City on International…

December 18, 2024  
Inmates and Detainees Complain About Dilapidated Physical Infrastructure of Jail

A team led by the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) Gandaki Province Office conducted monitoring of Syangja District Jail on 8 December in the context of the 76th International Human Rights Day. The monitoring team included Shalikram Regmi, the Undersecretary at the Law Branch of the Office of the Chief…

December 13, 2024  
Girl Killed for resisting Rape Attempt, Accused Arrested

Police arrested Man Samjer Gurung, 43 of Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality-1 on December 9, for the charge of killing 18-year-old Suchina Ghale in the same place. SP Basudev Pathak of the District Police Office, Gorkha, reported that the accused killed a girl who had gone to cut grass in Maikhark…

December 10, 2024  
Accused of Sexual Abuse Arrested

A 55-year-old man, Dhankbahadur Sunar from Palungtar Municipality-4, was arrested by the police on December 4 on charges of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl. According to the victim’s complaint, the accused sexually assaulted the girl on December 3. Based on the complaint filed by the victim’s side on the same day, the police…

December 5, 2024  
Accused Arrested for Marital Rape

Police arrested 32-year-old man on November 29 for the charge of raping a 31-year-old woman. The victim filed a complaint at the District Police Office on November 28 stating that the accused had raped the victim on November 27. The chief of the hospital Mohammad Nurul Hoda informed that the health examination of…

November 29, 2024