The investigation by a parliamentary committee has concluded that the murder of six Dalit youths in Soti village of Chaurjahari Municipality in Rukum (West) was a result of caste-based discrimination. The committee’s investigation report submitted to Speaker Agni Sapkota also states that the killing was a crime against humanity. On May 23, Nabaraj BK and […]
The District Court of Rukum (West) has remanded 23 people in judicial custody for trail on various charges over their involvement in the killing of six Dalit youths in Soti. At a preliminary hearing, a single bench of Judge Bidhyaraj Paudel on issued the order yesterday. Chairman of Ward No 8 of Chaurjahari Municipality Dambar
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The House of Representatives yesterday formed a nine-member Special Parliamentary Committee under NCP lawmaker Devendra Paudel to investigate the alleged killings of Dalit youths in Rukum (West). Lawmakers Ekbal Miya, Durga Paudel, Parbati Kumari Bishunkhe, Prakash Rasaili, Bimala Bishwakarma, Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj, Min Bahadur Bishwakarma and Ram Sahay Yadav are other members of the ‘Chaurjahari
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The EU Delegation to Nepal and the Heads of Mission of EU Embassies based in Kathmandu condemned the alleged murder of six Dalit youths in Soti of Rukum (West). Issuing a press statement yesterday, they said, “The EU Delegation to Nepal, together with the EU Heads of Mission based in Kathmandu, deplore the tragic loss
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Police yesterday found the body of Govinda Shahi, the sixth missing youth in the Soti Dalit murder case. The body of 19-year-old Shahi was recovered from Bheri River in Khodakhola of Jajarkot, 10 days after he was allegedly murdered. According to eye witnesses of the body, Shahi’s head was covered with a cloth, his eyes
National and international rights organizations, including Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have expressed their concern over two separate incidents — death of five young Dalits in Soti of Rukum, and a 13-year-old Dalit girl’s rape and subsequent death in Devdaha of Rupandehi the
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