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Charan Prasai

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The author is the coordinator of 4C, former AWC coordinator and former chair of Amnesty International and Human Rights Organization of Nepal (HURON).

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OPINION

‘Weaving My South Asian Tapestry’: More than a memoir

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At that moment, although she was struggling in her government job, she risked her career and life without compromising the principles of the institution she served voluntarily. Now, she is retired but not yet tired.
Nov 22, 2025
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Nepal’s Peace Process:  A Breakthrough Within Reach

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Don’t blame bichara (helpless) former Chief Justice Om Prakash Mishra. It is us (three leaders—Sher Bahadur Deuba, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and himself)—who decide the commissioners’ selection, and he added to wait and see for two months. If they become dysfunctional, they can be...
Jul 10, 2025
OPINION

Unfolding Crisis: Transitional Justice in Disarray

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Amidst the hostility and outrage of the conflict victims, the government of Nepal forcefully appointed ten office bearers of the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) and CIEDP (Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappeared Persons) on 14th May 2025, positions that had remained vacant for three...
May 27, 2025
OPINION

The Civic Space Severely Under Threat

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The use of internet services and social media accounts is inevitable for individuals in a democratic world.
Mar 02, 2025
OPINION

Refrain from ‘political supremacy’

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The passing of the third amendment bill to ‘The Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2014’on August 29, 2024, by the parliament, irrespective of prevailing gaps and ambiguities, is a milestone in moving the process ahead.
Dec 30, 2024
OPINION

TRC Search Committee Mustn’t Fail

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The foundation of the peace accord was built on the 12-point understanding reached between the then seven political parties, which were cornered during the royal takeover, and the then Maoist insurgent, in New Delhi, India on Nov 22, 2005.
Dec 04, 2024
OPINION

Nepal’s TJ process: Paradox or a reality

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The reduced sentencing claim contradicts the principles that criminal sanctions must be proportionate to the gravity of the crimes.
Sep 20, 2024
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Shadow of impunity

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“Visiting Canada Senate speaker not scheduled to meet Agni Sapkota,” went the newspaper headline a few days back. This front-page news regarding Canadian Senate Speaker George J Fury who was in Kathmandu recently carried a significant message.
Feb 19, 2020
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When justice fails

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As justice has been endlessly deferred, the conflict victims will be left with no option but to seek justice outside of the country
Sep 10, 2019
OPINION

Reimagining leadership

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Transitional justice process has not come to a meaningful end because conflict victims were not placed at the center
Apr 01, 2019