Kathmandu: Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to those culpable, rights ...

During Nepal’s decade-long civil war, the U.K. was one of the largest suppliers of military and logistical aid to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). British officials were keen to advertise the U.K ...

A revolutionary living underground during the Nepal Civil War (1996-2006) writes to her daughter, who has just had her first period. “My dear ovulating lady,” Hisila Yami, a future union ...

Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to those culpable, rights lawyers warned ...

It was adopted in 2015 - after years of negotiations following a 10-year civil war between the security ... told Reuters news agency. Many in Nepal hope the election will bring much needed ...

The conflict ended in 2006 with a peace deal that brought the rebels into government and promised justice for the victims, whick included more than 16,000 dead and around 1,000 missing. Nepal's ...

Since a decade-long civil war ended in 2006, Nepal has been relatively peaceful, with the main group of the former rebels joining the ruling government party the next year. However, some have now ...

The U.K. trial is to be welcomed. But the role of foreign agencies in wartime abuses also needs to be investigated.