Nepali government muzzling critical voices and introducing new restrictive laws Published at 27.02.2019 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption restrictive law censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Nepal attempts to tighten its grip on journalists and social media with new bills Published at 30.05.2019 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship Read more
Restrictive bills still being pushed by Nepali lawmakers as protests around Xi’s visit stifled Published at 16.10.2019 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained land rights indigenous groups Read more
Civil society opposes new social media law in Nepal Published at 11.07.2016 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained indigenous groups Read more
Bureaucratic restrictions and targetted investigations undermine free expression, activism Published at 26.10.2016 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Nepali CSOs concerned by unnecessary legislative amendments Published at 16.02.2017 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained labour rights protest Read more
Women’s rights activist attacked and accused of being a witch Published at 10.10.2017 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment Read more
Civil society groups condemn malicious slander against prominent WHRD in Nepal Published at 21.11.2017 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women public vilification Read more
Health rights activist arrested for contempt of court in Nepal Published at 17.01.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD detained protest release of HRDs Read more
Tibetan refugees face increasing restrictions on their activism Published at 17.04.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Arbitrary arrest of activists, excessive use of force and targeting of journalists in Nepal Published at 28.10.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained minority groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest protest disruption women Read more
Journalists attacked and threatened Published at 03.07.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
Press freedom at risk with new Criminal Code restrictions Published at 16.10.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on journalist protest criminal defamation sexual assault violent protest restrictive law journalist detained land rights Read more
Activists concerned about plans for new NGO law and other restrictive legislation in Nepal Published at 23.03.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained attack on journalist protest disruption political interference restrictive law Read more
Protests in Nepal around COVID-19 met with excessive force while journalists face attacks Published at 03.07.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist restrictive law protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Despite re-election to Human Rights Council, civic space concerns persist in Nepal Published at 21.10.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups torture/ill-treatment minority groups restrictive law killing of journalist attack on journalist Read more
Critics and media face harassment amid political and COVID-19 crisis in Nepal Published at 16.06.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment restrictive law HRD detained protest journalist detained criminal defamation protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests disrupted by police, met with excessive force in Nepal as UN reviews its rights record Published at 05.02.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Excessive force used against protesters while journalists at risk in Nepal Published at 16.03.2022 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Arrests, excessive force around protests in Nepal while journalists remain at risk Published at 05.09.2022 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force killing of protestors journalist detained protest disruption women minority groups intimidation attack on journalist protestor(s) detained Read more
Police disrupt protest in Dhangadhi while attacks on press freedom persist in Nepal Published at 31.12.2022 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth censorship excessive force protest Read more
