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December 2008
Rage and outrage amidst
political modernism
Himal Southasian - Kathmandu,Nepal
In an illustrative statement of deliberate obfuscation couched in political
correctness, Mujibur Rehman, a political scientist at the Centre for Dalit
and ...
NC boycotts parliamentary session for
3rd time in a row
Kantipur Online -
Besides the NC, Dalit
Janajati Party lawmaker Biswendra
Paswan and independent lawmakers Sadarul
Miyan- haqe and Baban Singh boycotted the house session, ...
Nepal: Tharu
population restive, threaten armed struggle
Telegraphnepal.com
- Kathmandu,
“Our Constitution and Governments of past have ignored the
rights of the Tharus, Indigenous
people, Janajatis, Muslims and Dalits, the next armed
struggle ...
It’s all in the perception!
Subversive activities in
Nepal is currently facing multiple
transition: Dev Raj Dahal,
FES ...
Telegraphnepal.com
- Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
The ethno-territorial social
movement actors, such as Dalits, Madhesis, Janajatis, indigeneous groups and women are engaged in distributional
struggle for ...
Openly Gay MP From Nepal Speaks
at United Nations
UK Gay News
(press release) -
The conservatives wished for women not to have any rights, they wished Dalits – so-called “untouchables” – not to have any
rights, indigenous people not to ...
NC again boycotts CA session
Nepalnews.com
-
Some Dalit and independent
CA members had also boycotted the CA session immediately after it had convened
today. Lawmakers from other parties said that it ...
Peace Ministry proposes martyr status
for over 8000
Kantipur Online -
The health minister said that the cabinet meeting
failed to make headway on the issue of scholarships provision for Dalit students.
NC continues House boycott
Kantipur Online -
Rastriyta Prajatantra Party
(
Feudal mastership over the land will be
ended: HLLRC Chair
E Kantipur - Kathmandu,Nepal
However, NC leader Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat and General
Secretary of the Nepal Sadhavana Party Anil Jha charged that the
government instead of concentrating ...
Himalayan News Service
Himalayan Times
- Kathmandu,Nepal
All political parties and CA members, except Bishendra
Paswan of Dalit Janajati Party and independent CA member Sadarul Miya Hak,
have submitted their names ...
Nepal Maoists to stand up for gay
rights in UN
Thaindian.com
- Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Kathmandu, Dec 11 (IANS) Nepal’s ruling Maoist party, which till a year ago regarded
homosexuality as a perversion threatening to corrupt society, ...
Parties face first statute-drafting snag
Kantipur Online -
To date, only 22 political parties excluding the main opposition
party
Double standards on terrorism
Asian Tribune -
Consequently she can never be part of the "Red-Green bloc" (formed
by
Poor policing an obstacle to human
rights
United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong,USA
Yet 20 years after the enactment, there has been no notable decrease in
caste-based atrocities committed against the Dalit, or low-caste, communities in the ...
Ban leads chorus of UN voices calling
for action to protect human ...
UN News Centre
HimRights welcomes govt’s bid to negotiate with rebels
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
The statement further stated that people of the marginalised, Dalit and minority groups
have failed to live a respected life and existence of gender ...
Regional and International Drivers of
Conflict and Peace
Telegraphnepal.com
- Kathmandu,
... both the social and political structure of Nepali state. But, the
Track-I peace negotiation process which excluded women, Dalits
(subordinate castes), ...
Parties fail to meet CA deadline
Kantipur Online -
... Rastriya Janashakti
Party and Dalit Janajati
Party- have provided the name lists of their representatives to the CA
Secretariat. Nepali Congress Chief
...
Society and New Nepal’s
Innovation Systems
Nepalnews.com -
Social issues such as civil
rights and specifically rights of disadvantaged people (women, children,
Dalits, wage laborers and poor) are at the
forefront of ...
No religions of peace
World Magazine -
Even Gandhi suspected Christians of preying upon
the Dalits, the lowest caste, claiming that
they lacked the intelligence to fully comprehend theological ...
India’s Oklahoma City
The Post -
The never ending body count includes thousands of Bodos, Dalits, Assamese, Manipuris, Tamils and other minorities. Amnesty
International reports that ...
Standing up for the young
Wave -
As a woman in a Dalit
community, she has faced many hardships and discrimination, so she is very
serious about helping others in minority communities. ...
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