Pokhri Village’s Women Forced To Unsafe Child Delivery at Home.
Despite the government's policy of reducing home delivery to zero, women in the rural areas of Jumla often give birth unsafely at home. There is no birthing center nearby. There are no means of transportation or help to carry these women to hospitals. There is no road for vehicles leading…
Accused of Beating Arrested
Yagya Midun, 35, has been arrested by the police in the chagre of beating Khagisar Midun, 32, of Lekbesi Municipality-2, Puranogaun on 5 March 2023. As per the area police office, the accused hit the victim with a wooden stick following a domestic dispute. Initial treatment of the victim was…
Medication Shortage in the District Hospital
District hospital in Jajarkot in Karnali Province is experiencing medicine shortage for one months now. Pateints are facing difficulty owing to the medicine shortage. Even though they visit the medical store with prescription each day, they are compelled to return empty hand and buy the medication from outside. As per…
Accused of Child Rape Arrested
Padam Rawat, 25, of Guransh Rural Municipality-6, has been arrested by the police on 26 February in the charge of rape of a 16-year-old girl. Aggrieved party filed a complaint at the District Police office on 21 February, allging tha the accused Rawat, who is a truck dirver, raped the…
Seven Years of Imprisonment for the Crime of Trafficking, 10,000 Compensation to the Victim
On 15 February, Dailekh District Court sentenced 36-year-old Mankumari Bista of Bhairabi Rural Municipality-1 Gairakhadi to seven years in prison and ordered the convict to pay compensation of NPR 10,000 to the victims for the crime of trafficking four girls aged 16 to 17 years. Dailekh District Court Information Officer…
INSEC Issues Nine-point Manifesto in Human Rights Defenders Conference
Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) Karnali Provincial Office, issued a nine-point manifesto in a two-day human rights defenders conference of the district-level human rights defenders, which was organized to draw the attention of stakeholders on the issue of protection of human rights, security, and identity of human rights defenders, on…
Police Constable Deployed at Hetauda Committed Suicide
Police Constable Kabindra BK, 25, from Api Municipality-6, Darchula, deployed at the Karnali Province Police Force, Birendranagar Municipality-7 committed suicide inside the Police office. As per the police, constable killed himself on 22 February by shooting SLR on his head at around 3am. BK was stationed at Police Post number.4,…
Karnali Province Documents 496 Victims of Human Rights Violations and Abuses
In 2022, INSEC recorded 496 victims of human rights violations and abuses in Karnali province. The Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) of Karnali Province publicized the information in a press conference in Surkhet, on 19 February. The statistics include the number of victims of human rights violations and abuses in…
Locals of Srinagar Deprived of Subsidized Food
Locals of Srinagar, Adanchuli Rural Municipality-2, are forced to buy rice at higher prices than market price due to a shortage stock of rice in the Srinagar depot. A local, Par Bahadur Thapa, complained that the stock was emptied in dept within two hours of selling subsidized food on January…
Accused of Killing a Eight-Year-Old Nephew Arrested
Police arrested Dumbar Puri, 34, a resident of Bangad Kupinde Municipality-10, Majhkanda January 16, 2023, for an accusation of killing Vision Gharti, his eight-year-old nephew. The residents informed the police that they found out that the accused had taken the child inside the temple in the courtyard of his own…
