Full Coverage: Nepal

11/30/2005 An alliance between Nepal’s mainstream political parties and Maoist rebels brings hope of resolution to a crisis, brought on by King Gyanendra’s Feb. 1 assumption of direct rule, citing the failure of democratically-elected governments to deal with a bloody, decade-old communist uprising.

11/29/2005 Nepal's oldest community radio station was shut down by government officials Sunday, and many other stations have switched to broadcasting "soft news." The move is making it difficult for the country's illiterate population to get news about last week's key agreement between Maoist rebels and the country's political parties, to which the king has not yet responded.

11/24/2005 The Supreme Court Tuesday issued shoe cause notice to the government asking it to furnish in written why they issued the code of conduct for NGOs. The single bench of justice Top Bahadur Magar has given an ultimatum of 15 days for the government to do so.

11/23/2005 Nepal's Maoist rebels have reached an agreement with seven political parties to work together to abolish the monarchy and restore democracy. They hope to form an alliance against King Gyanendra, who sacked the government and seized power in February. However the rebels must lay down their arms for the agreement to take place.

11/18/2005 Median ja kansalaisjärjestöjen työn rajoittamisen jälkeen Nepalin hallitus on kääntänyt tiukan katseensa kohti työläisiä. Hallituksen suunnittelema muutos työlakiin veisi työntekijöiltä tärkeät palkkaan ja työhön liittyvät oikeudet. Nepalin kiristynyt tilanne on jatkoa helmikuiselle vallankaappaukselle.

11/18/2005 United Nations resident coordinator Matthew Kahane, on behalf of major donors including residential embassies and UN agencies, has urged the government to withdraw the Code of Conduct for NGOs and INGOs and revisit the issue.

11/14/2005 Junior reporter Bhola Paswan traveled to Nepal's Jagatpur village to investigate reports that Maoists had rounded up and raped 25 women from the Dalit caste, which has long suffered from discrimination and marginalization within Nepalese society. Read the latest posting from Advocacy Project director Iain Guest's blog documenting the ongoing turmoil in Nepal.

11/12/2005 KATHMANDU, Nov 11 (IPS) - The future of one of Nepal's best known radio stations, and the country's entire media, was hazy Friday after the Supreme Court refused to issue an order preventing the government from acting against Kantipur FM.

11/09/2005 Minister for Information and Communications of nepal,Tanka Dhakal has said that His Majesty the King’s presence in the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) scheduled to be held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November reflects Nepal’s commitment to the development of information technology.

11/08/2005 A record made available by the Kathmandu District Court shows that a total of 597 cases were registered in Kathmandu district in the year 2003/04, out of which 198 cases are yet to be decided. The number of divorce cases filed at the district court the previous year was 560 of which 351 cases were decided. Neetu Dubey reports for NepalNews.Com.

11/08/2005 A record made available by the Kathmandu District Court shows that a total of 597 cases were registered in Kathmandu district in the year 2003/2004, out of which 198 cases are yet to be decided. The number of divorce cases filed at the district court the previous year was 560 of which 351 cases were decided. Neetu Dubey reports for NepalNews.Com.

11/08/2005 Nepalin laki takaa nykyisin naisille perintöoikeuden, mutta käytäntö ei aina toimi mutkitta. Etenkin virkamies- ja tuomarikunnan vanhakantaisuus jarruttaa tasa-arvon toteutumista. Lakiin jäi lisäksi yhä voimaan vanha sääntö, jonka mukaan naisen on palautettava perintönsä, kun hän avioituu.

11/02/2005 Nepalin dalit, aiemmin "kastittomiksi" kutsutut, yrittävät päästä eroon vanhoista ennakkoluuloista ja kastiluokituksen aiheuttamasta vihasta heitä kohtaan. Vaikka daleilla ei ole poliittisia edustajia, ovat avuksi tulleet asianajajat, jotka informoivat daleja heidän oikeuksistaan. 80 prosenttia Nepalin daleista elää alle köyhyysrajan.

11/02/2005 Denouncing 'the government's move to curb the free press and deprive people of their basic rights', human rights activists, members of civil society and people from various walks of life are jointly staging a 12-hour-long satyagraha in front of Birendra International Convention Center (BICC) at Naya Baneshwor, on November 9.

11/02/2005 Kathmandu: Large chunk of a fund of over $11 million pledged by the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) is on the verge of freezing if the agencies concerned do not enhance their capacity in their fight against the dreaded disease