by admin_HRWF | Aug 6, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Charges violate religious freedom rights, advocates say. Morning Star News (29.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/31qfOC0 – A pastor arrested in Nepal in March on charges that violate religious rights, and then re-arrested moments after release in April, was...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 9, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
– Urgent call for the dropping of all charges against Christian Pastor Keshav Raj Acharya. An initiative of CSW, Jubilee Campaign and Wilberforce 7 July, 2020 Dear Sir, We, the undersigned, are a group of individuals and organizations...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 31, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The Telegraph (24.07.2019) – https://bit.ly/2LFLzkW – A remote district in the west of Nepal has become the first in the country to eradicate the illegal practice of banishing women and girls to secluded huts when they have their periods. Despite an...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 14, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Practice of banishing women to small outbuildings during periods claims further victims despite country declaring practice illegal By Arun Budhathoki and Michael Safi The Guardian (10.01.2019) – https://bit.ly/2FnGb1U- A woman and her two sons have...
by admin_HRWF | May 23, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Morning Star News (21.05.2018) – https://bit.ly/2J3oxmu – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the...
