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Nepal Privatized and Sororized

Report from Delhi, Indo-Nepalese border towns, Kathmandu and Dharamkot [Himachal Pradesh].

(DELHI) - Nepal’s leadership failed to draft a new Constitution. The mandate of 602-member Constituent Assembly [CA] elected in 2008 ended on 27th May, 2012 without a consensus as to how Nepal should be governed.

NEPAL: Bhutanese Refugee who Applied for Resettlement to the USA Tortured

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes contacts officials in Nepal over police torture and illegal arrest.

(HONG KONG) - Police denying their identity and operating illegally; it is a problem that ranges from right here in Salem, Oregon, Kathmandu, Nepal, where a young man was recently tortured by police in civilian clothes.

It's nothing like the song made famous by Bob Seger, we could only wish. Instead it is a place where thousands of Nepali-speaking families have lived for several generations in Bhutan, exist in refugee camps.

NEPAL: Community Threatened of Eviction, not Provided with Alternative Housing

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - The Asian Human Rights Commission says thousands of families living in the banks of the Bagmati river are facing eviction with no housing alternatives.

Nepal: Play an Important Role to Protect Child Rights

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - Becoming part of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, Nepal set out on a path, ultimately ratifying measures against the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.

It is time to ratify the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on a communications procedures.

U.S. State Dept. Officials Will Visit Asian Countries

Officials will visit Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to South Asia.

This is Otero’s inaugural trip to the region since she assumed her new duties as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.