तनँहू जलविद्युत परियोजना प्रभावितद्वारा विरोध प्रदर्शन | Tanahu Hydropower Project affected communities stage protests

February 23, 2017

बुधवार ११ फाल्गुन, तनहुँ तनँहू जलविद्युत परियोजनाको मुआब्जा तथा क्षतिपूर्ति निर्धारण समितिको विरोधमा परियोजना प्रभावितहरूले “जग्गाको सट्टा जग्गा दे, घरको सट्टा घर दे विभेदकारी मुआब्जा तथा क्षतिपूर्ति निर्देशिका बदर गर, पुर्नवास तथा आदिवासी जनजाति निति लागू गर, ए. डि. बि सुरक्षण निति पालना गर, अर्थपूर्ण परामर्श गर” लगायतको नारा उल्लेखित प्ले कार्ड सहित ३००-३५० जना … More तनँहू जलविद्युत परियोजना प्रभावितद्वारा विरोध प्रदर्शन | Tanahu Hydropower Project affected communities stage protests

ADB co-financed Tanahu Hydropower Project affected communities reject compensation

February 11, 2017

*Please note this is an unofficial translation To editors of all media agencies 10 February 2017 Press release The reports in local newspapers published on 10 February 2017 that Tanahu Hydropower Project have taken forward the process of distribution of compensation to the residents of reservoir area have drawn serious attention of the concerned people … More ADB co-financed Tanahu Hydropower Project affected communities reject compensation

Dialogue Seminar on Ensuring Communities’ Rights in Nepal’s REDD+ Process organized

January 13, 2017

13 January 2017, Bhaktapur CEmSoJ organized a two-day “Dialogue Seminar on Ensuring Communities’ Rights in Nepal’s REDD+ Process in Nepal” in Bhaktapur on 12-13 January 2017 so as to enhance the awareness of the concerned stakeholders and share knowledge among them on the concept of REDD+ and associated practices and impacts. More than 45 representatives … More Dialogue Seminar on Ensuring Communities’ Rights in Nepal’s REDD+ Process organized

Tanahu Hydropower Project affected communities submit 26-point memorandum to Energy Minister

December 19, 2016

18 December 2016 Kathmandu Affected communities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded Tanahu Hydropower Project today submitted a 26-point memorandum to Nepal’s Energy Minister Janardan Sharma informing on their concerns with the Project impacts and setting forth their demands. In the memorandum, the Tanahu Hydropower Directly Affected Area Concerned Committee and Directly Concerned Inundation … More Tanahu Hydropower Project affected communities submit 26-point memorandum to Energy Minister

तनहुँ जलविद्युत् परियोजनाबाट प्रभावितद्वारा ऊर्जा मन्त्री समक्ष २६ बुँदे ज्ञापन पत्र पेश

December 18, 2016

२०७३ पौष ३, काठमाडौं एसियली विकास बैंकको (एडिबी) संयुक्त लगानीमा निर्माणाधीन तनहुँ जलविद्युत् परियोजनाबाट प्रभावित समुदायका प्रतिनिधिहरुले आज ऊर्जा मन्त्री जनार्दन शर्मालाई परियोजनाले समुदायमा पारेका प्रभावको जानकारी र प्रभावित समुदायका मागसहितको २६ बुँदे ज्ञापनपत्र बुझाएका छन् । तनहुँ जलविद्युत प्रत्यक्ष प्रभावित क्षेत्र सरोकार समिति र प्रत्यक्ष सरोकार डुबान क्षेत्र संरक्षण समितिले बुझाएको ज्ञापनपत्रमा तनहुँ जलविद्युत् … More तनहुँ जलविद्युत् परियोजनाबाट प्रभावितद्वारा ऊर्जा मन्त्री समक्ष २६ बुँदे ज्ञापन पत्र पेश

Khokana Newars file complaint to NHRC over human rights violations in land acquisition for Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track Highway

September 26, 2016

26 September 2016, Lalitpur Newars of Khokana area today filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission demanding redress for violations of their property, land and cultural rights in course of land acquisition process for Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhes Fast Track Highway. Land acquisition notice for the Fast Track Highway, a national pride project, was published in March. … More Khokana Newars file complaint to NHRC over human rights violations in land acquisition for Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track Highway

काठमाडौँ तराई द्रुतमार्गको जग्गा अधिग्रहणमा खोकनामा मानव अधिकार उल्लंघन भएको भन्दै राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोगमा उजुरी

September 26, 2016

ललितपुर, ६ आश्विन २०७३ काठमाडौँ तराई (मधेस) द्रुतमार्ग परियोजनाको जग्गा अधिग्रहण प्रक्रियामा खोकनावासीका सम्पत्ति, जमिन तथा संस्कृतिलगायतका अधिकार हनन भएको भन्दै स्थानीय प्रतिनिधिहरुले राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोगमा उजुरी गरेका छन् । राष्ट्रिय गौरवको परियोजना भनिएको दु्रतमार्गको लागि खोकना क्षेत्रमा जग्गा अधिग्रहणको सूचना गत चैतमा प्रकाशित गरिएको थियो । लगत्तै राजनीतिक दलका स्थानीय नेतासहित स्थानीय प्रतिनिधिहरुले प्रभावित … More काठमाडौँ तराई द्रुतमार्गको जग्गा अधिग्रहणमा खोकनामा मानव अधिकार उल्लंघन भएको भन्दै राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोगमा उजुरी

Nepal’s activists submit memo to the UN for implementation of right to multilingual education on Indigenous Peoples Day

August 9, 2016

Nepal’s indigenous rights activists and educationists have urged the UN to take actions for implementation of the right to multilingual education in a letter of memorandum submitted to the UN country office on Tuesday for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

Shadow report on violations of indigenous children’s rights in Nepal submitted to the UN

April 18, 2016

US-based NGO Cultural Survival, together with CEmSoJ and other organizations, today submitted a shadow report on violations of indigenous children’s rights for the review of Nepal under the 72nd session of Committee on the Rights of the Child. The review of Nepal is scheduled for 19-20 May, 2016. The report details continuing violations of rights of … More Shadow report on violations of indigenous children’s rights in Nepal submitted to the UN