“How can we argue that those victims whose loved ones disappeared should simply forget?”
Interview with human rights activist Mandira Sharma
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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...
The lingering trauma of war
Last October, a letter came for Kiran Chaudhary from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). It was Dasain, so the letter took...
Peace on a war footing
Basanta Mahatara was just 22 and pregnant with her second child when her husband, a policeman, was executed by the Maoists after...
Remembering not to forget the people's war
Books are scattered around in a dark room, an earthen pot lies shattered to pieces, and clothes litter the floor. The sound...
It’s all in the mind
The conflict and earthquake added to Nepal’s hidden epidemic of mental disorderOne-third of Nepalis were already suffering some form of psychiatric disorder,...
Time heals
Immediately after the earthquake, there was a sudden surge of patients with mental disorders in Kathmandu’s psychiatric clinics.But since 2016, records at...
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