Nepal is considering a "Romeo-Juliet Clause" to differentiate consensual teenage relationships from rape. The proposed amendment would exem...

Nepal's new "super Prime Minister" Balendra Shah navigates a challenging first month. Despite an ambitious reform agenda, his government fa...

Nepal's recent social media ban, following protests and casualties, highlights a global trend of declining internet freedom as governments,...

Nepal's government lifted the social media ban after protests demanding anti-corruption measures and an end to the ban turned deadly, resul...

Nepal's National Human Rights Commission has requested India's NHRC to investigate the death of a Nepali student at KIIT in Odisha, allegin...

"Governments across South Asia must immediately address healthcare shortages and urgently strengthen their healthcare systems to respond to...

Former chief justice of Supreme Court of Nepal and Human Rights Commission chairperson of the country Justice Anup Raj Sharma also expresse...

The NHRC's statement delivered by Commissioner Mohna Ansari talked about discriminatory citizenship provisions in the new Constitution.

Over two dozen rights activists in Nepal were today detained for holding a demonstration outside the Indian Embassy here, protesting the bl...

Reflecting the rising cases of human trafficking post-earthquake in Nepal, 838 people have been intercepted along the Indo-Nepal border fro...

Aid in quake-hit Nepal is being hampered by gender, caste and ethnic discrimination, Amnesty International has said while cautioning govt a...

The US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Sarah Sewall, will travel to India and Nepal this week.

Sewall, during her India trip, will also discuss combating extremism with interfaith leaders, the State Department said.

The United States has expressed concern over problems being faced by Tibetan refugees in Nepal, as it asked Kathmandu to provide the Buddhi...

Nepal released three pro-Tibetan activists, including two Nepalese nationals arrested for their alleged involvement in anti-China activitie...

US asked Nepal on Friday to release three pro-Dalai Lama leaders even as China pressurises Nepal to crackdown on Tibetan protesters.

Nepal baton-charged an anti-China demonstration and detained dozens of protesters amid warnings from the UN human rights agency that arrest...