29 years since start of Maoist war
New book by a journalist chronicles the fearful times of the 1996-2006 conflict in western Nepal
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Ex-guerrilla’s revolution in rural Nepal
Battle hardened former Maoist fighter turns to entrepreneurship to change society
“How can we argue that those victims whose loved ones disappeared should simply forget?”
Interview with human rights activist Mandira Sharma
Delay, dilute, deny
A whole generation of Nepalis has grown up with no knowledge of the decade-long war
Photographic memory of war
Following a young boy’s life from war to peace, 20 years later
Ghosts of war
Nearly three decades after the Maoists launched their armed struggle on 13 February 1996, Nepal is still haunted by the violence
Armed Conflict and Conflict of Interest
Rabi Lamichhane’s rant was Trumpian populism, an anti-media ‘drain the swamp’ whataboutery
Nepali activists write to UN Secretary-General
Nepali human rights activists and survivors of the 1996-2006 Maoist insurgency have written to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres alerting him to...
Forgetting to remember
Eighteen years after the end of Nepal's Maoist conflict, and eight years after the Supreme Court ruled that a law on transitional...
No closure after Nepal’s insurgency
Sixteen years after the conflict ended, families still struggle for transitional justice
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