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Promote ESC Rights, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (rn 13/05/2012)
Pledge to recognise education as fundamental right (ht 10/05/2012)
Gender balance: Equal rights for women, by Bijan Pant (rep 02/05/2012)
Right To Healthy Environment: Right To Life, by Gyan Basnet (rn 19/04/2012)
Nepal ranks 102nd in Int’l Property Rights Index (nn 29/03/2012)
Right to information: Silent revolution, by Chiranjibi Kafle (rep 14/02/2012)
Right to information: Open up, by Simone Galimberti (rep 26/01/2012), Right to information (kp 30/01/2012), RTI Revision Invites New Trouble, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 01/02/2012), The right to dissent: Public protests are a democratic and human right (kp 31/01/2012), On 2nd stay order, FNJ withdraws stir (kp 02/02/2012), SC stays govt bid to deny access to info (ht 06/02/2012), Pride and prejudice, by Narayan Kandel (rep 08/02/2012)
No citizenship in mom’s name: DAO, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 20/01/0212)
Open sesame, by Chiranjibi Kafle (rep 15/01/2012)
5 charged with practicing untouchability released (rep 10/01/2012) [??
You are talking about severe thrashing and beating! This is a
fundamental crime and not a practice of anything! How can such
criminals be released oin bail??]
Vague clauses stymie citizenship via mom's name, by Anjali Subedi (rep 01/01/2012)
Govt still coy over 3rd gender in citizenship, by Anjali Subedi (rep 17/12/2011)
THT journo moves NIC against JC (ht 10/12/2011)
Press Freedom: Pledge And Practice, by P. Kharel (rn 05/12/2011)
The right to know: Transparency is the biggest safeguard of democracy, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 04/11/2011)
Over 80 pc of public bodies sans information officers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/10/2011), Development actors aren’t transparent enough, interview with Tanka Aryal (kp 24/10/2011)
Recognizing the rights of third gender, by Kyle Knight (rep 25/09/2011)
Consumer
rights endorsed as human rights: HRC to facilitate market
regularisation to protect consumers from market irregularities (ht 07/09/2011)
RTI Act implementation: Still to pick up pace, by Tanka Raj Aryal (ht 29/08/2011)
Paradigm Shift In Constitutional Thinking: Incorporating HR To Development As A Fundamental Right, by Gyan Basnet (rn 19/08/2011)
Victims’ right to know: Crucial for transitional justice, by Tanka Aryal (ht 26/07/2011)
Handcuffed accused herded to court like ‘cattle’ (kp 13/07/2011)
UN OHCHR representative urges for equal rights to sexual minorities (nn 07/07/2011), Nepal only South Asian country to recognize third gender rights: OHCHR-N Chief (rep 08/07/2011), Sexual minorities still ‘denied rights’ (kp 08/07/2011), Right activists root for third gender’s cause (ht 08/07/2011)
RTI practice gains momentum: Information seekers reaping the benefits (ht 31/05/2011)
Sans father’s identity, Sabina finally gets her citizenship, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 27/05/2011), Identity crisis: SC verdict on citizenship is a step in the right direction (kp 31/05/2011)
Apex court stands by mothers (ht 20/05/2011)
Know your right to know, by Sradda Thapa (rep 05/05/2011)
Trafficked women’s kids bereft of nationality (kp 01/05/2011)
Governance through RTI, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep 16/04/2011), Public still not exercising it satisfactorily (ht 19/04/2011)
Right to information & Nepali press, by Yek Raj Pathak (rep 11/04/2011)
96 per cent public offices sans information officers (ht 29/03/2011), Right to information: Magic wand of public scrutiny?, by Suresh Acharya (ht 29/03/2011), Complaints too few at Info Commission (ht 04/04/2011)
Call to ensure public right to safe water (kp 27/03/2011), Call for water rights (ht 27/03/2011)
Citizenship thru maternal lineage still a chimera, by Bikash Sangraula (rep 24/03/2011)
RTI meet on March 28 (kp 18/03/2011)
Troubles facing trafficked women: ‘No citizenship a hurdle for them’ (kp 18/02/2011)
‘NA sacking a third gender’ (kp (05/02/2011)
Raw deal for inter-caste couple: Dalit boy barred from pre-SLC tests (ht 27/01/2011)
Citizenship provision slammed (ht 13/01/2011), HRW wants citizenship provisions amended: Says some stipulations contradict int’l laws (kp) [see HRW statement (14/01/2011)]
Controversies over right to citizenship, by Rudra Sharma (rep 21/12/2010) [The evils of Hindu monarchy and Hindu law are still deep rooted!!]
It’s their right: Public transport should be disabled-friendly (kp 14/12/2010)
Gendered citizenship: Laws should ensure women aren’t treated like second-class citizens in new Nepal, by Maina Dhital (kp 13/12/2010)
‘Enshrining rights better than enacting’ (ht 13/12/2010)
Gender-biased citizenship provisions, by Kirti Thapa (rep 05/12/2010) [Long live male Hindu traditionalism of Bahunbad!!]
Ensure basic rights of people with disability, by Nirmala Gyawali (kp 03/12/2010)
Are you a man or a goat? Fighting gender-based violence, ovine way, by Fiona Ledger (kp 25/11/2010), Domestic violence still rampant: Report (kp 25/11/2010), Women’s Commission campaign against VAW (ht 25/11/2010)
Right to information: Basic to human rights, by Binod Kumar Upadhyay (ht 28/10/2010)
Campaign to include right to food in the constitution (ht 27/10/2010), Pledge to ensure right to food (kp 28/10/2010)
Respect detainees’ rights: SC; Couple held sans warrant and reason for arrest (ht 15/10/2010)
Whither the right to information? (kp 29/09/2010)
The long march: Towards an open, democratic and transparent society, by Krishna Sapkota (kp 28/09/2010)
‘Ensure water, sanitation as fundamental rights’ (ht 27/08/2010)
Getting
migration right: The key is to empower individuals so that every step
of the process is driven by their own informed decisions, by Aya Tasaki (kp 26/08/2010)
Hello, you have just been divorced!, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp 23/08/2010)
Lonely ladies: Discrimination against single women has followed a set pattern in conservative societies, by Samira Poudel (kp 09/07/2010)
Freedom of information as a tool for empowerment: Providing Citizen’s Access, by Dharmendra Jha (tg 09/06/2010)
Marriage robs two women of identity (kp 08/06/2010) [Women
cannot be deprived of their citizenship after marrying foreigners.
Their children, as well, have the right to Nepali citizenship!!]
Water woes: The case for water and sanitation as constitutional rights is strong (kp 24/03/2010)
Verdict on caste-based discrimination welcomed (nn 22/03/2010), Rights bodies hail court verdict (ht 22/03/2010)
Harvard prof for property rights (ht 20/03/2010)
Single women demand rights (kp 19/01/2010), Apex court stops ‘humiliating’ bounty, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 20/01/2010)
Woman dies in Chhaupadi (kp 18/01/2010)
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