INSEC Monitoring Impact: Women Inmates Started Using Sanitary Pads
As a result of the monitoring of the Informal Area Service Center (INSEC) Gandaki Provincial Office, women inmates in Parbat District Jail have started using sanitary pads. During the monitoring conducted on November 17, 2022, at Parbat District Prison, women inmates complained to the INSEC team that they were not…
INSEC Completed Two-Day Human Rights Training in Pokhara
A two-day training on Human Rights, organized by the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) Central Office and Women for Democracy (WPD Nepal) with the support of the Government of Canada, was completed on December 31, 2022, in Pokhara. The organizers aimed the training at the officials of local partner organizations…
Accused of Sexual Abuse Arrested
Police arrested 25-year-old Ashish B.K. of Kawasoti Municipality-13 on the charge of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl. He was arrested on December 24. On the evening of December 24, the victim filed a complaint with the police saying that the accused B.K. had sexually abused the girl. The police arrested…
Three Teachers Arrested for Sexual Abuse
Gaindakot police office has arrested three teachers of Bijay Elementary School located in Gaindakot municipality-8 on the charge of sexually abusing students during the picnic organized by the school. On December 25, police arrested the principal of the school, Krishna Sapkota, teachers Madan Bhattarai and Kumar Sapkota, after the students…
Accused of Rape Arrested
Chirta Bahadur Chaudhari, 43, of Gauriganga Municipality-8, Kailali has been arrested by the district police office on december 23 in the charge of raping a 20-year-old girl with speech impairment. The accused was arrested based on the complaint filed by the victim’s relatives on June 5 at district police office.…
Accused of Rape Arrested
District Police Office Baglung has arrested three youths from Pokhara on the charge of rape of three minor girls. Sandeep Tamang, 19, a permanent resident of Dhading and a temporary resident of Pokhara Metropolitan Municipality-8, Rahul Tamang, 19, of Gulmi and a temporary resident of Pokhara-17, and Ashok Darlami, 19,…
Accused of Sexual Abuse Arrested
Police have arrested Sunil Lamichhane, 27, of Besisahar Municipality-2 on the charge of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl. The accused was arrested on December 1, 2022. A complaint was filed against the accused on December 1, 2022 by the family of the victim on December 1, immediately after the incident.…
Protests Demanding Re-voting in Three wards of Chapakot
CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, and other parties, including independent candidates, have demanded re-voting for the election held on November 20. They claimed that the booths of three polling centers of Chapakot municipality were captured. CPN-UML secretary Rajendra Dumre said that a petition was filed demanding re-voting along…
Parbat Jail Inmates Complain of Lack of Voter Education
Prisoners in the Parbat District Jail have complained that they are yet to receive voter education for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections in Gairah. Naike Gyan Prasad Paija, an inmate of Parbat Prison, has not received voter education despite the provision for inmates to vote for proportional candidates…
Motorcycle Rally Against Election Code of Conduct
Contrary to the election code of conduct, the Nepali Congress conducted a motorcycle rally in Damauli on November 17. The rally violates the provisions mentioned in point (h) number 14 of the Code of Conduct for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections 2022. The code of conduct prohibits…
