Kamal Bahadur Katuwal, 73, of Inaruwa Municipality-7 was released with the initiation of locals on 17 December night after being abducted by a gang identifying itself as Madhesi Mukti Tigers. Katuwals health has deteriorated after the group made him walk for a long distance in the cold weather while in captivity.
Men only, No More: Babita Pun defies the traditional notion by ploughing the field. Rural women are taking up some of the tabooed works like ploughing the field after the conflict made the adult men leave for place for good.
A rally organized in the capital by various human rights groups on 10 December to mark the International Human Rights Day. Justice and self respect for all was the main slogan of the rally.
Speakers at a discussion programme on Problems of Internally Displaced Persons organised in Damauli of Tanahun district on 9 December
Jana Morcha Nepal cadre Prahlad Pokharel, 59, of Lahan Municipality who came into family contact on 6 December, a week after his abduction by JTMM-J
Displaced people of Haripur VDC, Sunsari in a health camp organised by District Health Office in Barahchhetra VDC-6 on 3 December. The people have settled there following threats from Madheshi Tigers Group.
A woman offers her signature to express her solidarity to the civil society demand for unchangeable date for constituent assembly elections. Civil Society Network for Peace, Kaski launched a signature campaign on 2 December 2007
Coordinator of Civil Society Network for Peace Teknath Baral alongwith Madhu Panthi, INSEC Western Regional Office Coordinator and General Secretary of the network handing over a mermorandum to the Speaker of the Interim Parliament Legistature Subash Nembang on 1 Dec demanding unchangeable date of CA election.
Students from schools near Kusum in Banke district welcoming the cycle rally organized by Maoists affiliated Tharuwan State Council (TSC). The students were made to welcome the rally organized by the TSC demanding announcement of republic and full proportional electoral system from the parliament. The rally will conclude after a mass meeting on 4 December at Basgadi in Bardiya district.
Participants of the programme Issues of Political Democratization organised by INSEC in Kathmandu on 27 November.
Participants of the protest rally organised by professionals on 26 November 2007 demanding action against YCL cadres who abducted and beat up six persons including Dr Gyanendra Giri. Dr Giri was abducted on 18 November.
Signature campaign organised by INSEC Western Regional Office in Pokhara on 25 November to exert pressure on inclusion of women in peace process
Locals of Kosi Tappu in Haripur VDC-1 of Sunsari district living as IDPs in Barahchhetra VDC, Sunsari after death threats from Madheshi Mukti Tigers.
School children from south and mid parts of Dhading district were forced to participate in a mass gathering organized by Maoists in Dhadingbesi. More than three hundred children were forcibly participated in the program on November 20
INSEC Chairperson Subodh Pyakurel addressing the corner meeting that followed after a rally demanding unalterable date for CA polls. The rally was organised by representatives of Human rights organisation and civil society in Kathmandu on 22 November.
Prekshya Ojha, DDC chief of INSEC speaking at a program organized to release the fact finding report on the racial discrimination and beatings on the Dalits of different VDCs in Baitadi district. Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Coordination Committee (HRTMCC) made its report public on 20 November in Kathmandu.
State Minister for Labour and Transportation Ramesh Lekhak, INSEC Chairperson Subodh Pyakurel and other guests at a workshop on Question of appropriate wage for agricultural and non-agricultural labourers organized by INSEC on 16 November at Kathmandu.
Lila Bahadur Roka of Tewang VDC, Rolpa, who has been living a displaced life in the district headquarters Liwang since 1998/1999 due to the armed conflict, shows his ravaged house as he and other displaced persons return home with the initiation of INSEC.
The internally displaced people of Gumchal and Pang VDCs in Rolpa on their way back to home. A total of 617 IDPs of 105 families, living in headquarters of Rolpa District owing to the conflict, returned home after initiation taken by INSEC.
INSEC chairperson Subodh Raj Pyakurel along with other human rights defenders protesting in front of Pakistan Embassy at Maharajgunj, Kathmandu on 7 November demanding restoration of human rights in Pakistan
Chairman of INSEC Subodh Raj Pyakurel biding farewell to IDPs of Rolpa district on 5 November
The journalists in a rally organised on 6 November in Kathmandu to protest the killing of Bara district-based journalist Birendra Sah by Maoists. Similar protests were organised throughout the country after the Maoist leaders accepted Maoist cadres involvement in Sahs abduction and murder on 5 November, exactly a month after incident.
INSEC chairperson Subodh Raj Pyakurel along with other human rights defenders in a meeting with the family members of Prakash Acharya and Nirmal Kumar Acharya of Pawannagar VDC-8, Dang on 4 November. Acharya duo was abducted by unidentified person on 31 October.
Shova Poudel, wife of Jeevan Dhital, secretary of Chandralalpur VDC in Siraha, sharing grief about her husbands abduction to human rights activists on 30 October. United Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha cadres (U-JTMM) had abducted Dhital, a resident of Golbazaar in Asanpur VDC on 26 October.
The children of the inmates of Nepalgunj jail who are forced to live there after the government failed to act on the demand to send them to children home. There are four dependent children living with their parent/s in the jail at present.
Umrawati Sah, the wife of journalist Birendra Sah and her children appealing the Maoists for his release. Journalist Sah was abducted by the Maoist cadres on 5 October. She made her appeal at a press conference in Kathmandu on 29 October.
Media persons and human rights defenders, participating in a rally organised by Morang Chapter of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in Biratnagar on 16 October demanding the release of abducted journalist Birendra Saha
Students of Bal Kalyan Lower Secondary School in remote Khangrana VDC have to see Maoist flags hoisted at the school premises everyday. The flags flutter the hope of realising the on-going attempts to declare the children and school as peace zone.
