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Orientation program on " Gender Based Violence and Psychosocial support”
Orientation program on " Gender Based Violence and Psychosocial support” jointly organized by Ministry of women, Children and Social Welfare, Department of women and Children and centre for victims of Torture, Nepal starts from 13th 16 June 2011 in Kathmandu which is supported by United Nations population Fund . 29 participants from various Safe houses of 15 (Sulukhumbu, Nawalparasi, Makawanpur,Jumla, Panchthar,Sunsari,Dand, Saptari, Doti, Sarlali, Baghang, Kavre, Tanahu,Bardia and Kanchanpur) Districts. The training focused on psychosocial problems and its identification and Psychosocial support linked with gender issues. |
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| CVICT signs an MOU with TRIAL |
| CVICT signs an MOU with TRIAL(Tracking Impunity Always) to help victims of torture to gain access to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC). Cases of Torture will be prepared, drafted and submitted to the UNHRC. The aim is to help the victims of torture obtain justice. |
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| National Level Knowledge Transfer and Exchange: Dissemination of Research and Intervention Findings of Trauma and Global Health Program |
One day workshop on “ National Level Knowledge Transfer and Exchange: Dissemination of Research and Intervention Findings of Trauma and Global Health Program” was held at Sap Falcha, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu on 29th April, 2011 and the workshop organized by Centre for Victims of Torture,Nepal.
The workshop started with a welcome note addressed by Dr. Bhogendra Sharma, the President of CVICT Nepal / Country team leader of trauma and global health program. Dr. Sharma presented the history and current situation of trauma and global health in Nepal. Mr. Ram Prasad Sapkota presented overall research finding of trauma and global health and Mr. Nagendra Luitel presented on Conflict and Mental Health: Finding of an Epidemiological Study in Post Conflict Nepal
for research report contact to : cvict@cvict.org.np
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Five days training on “Psychosocial Care & Support for Children and Adolescents in Distress” |
Five days training on “Psychosocial Care & Support for Children and Adolescents in Distress” was conducted by Centre for Victims of Torture (CVICT), Nepal from 18th to 22nd April, 2011 in Taj Hotel, Nepalgunj and training program supported by UNICEF. 31 (13 female and 18 Male) Participants from Implementing Partners of UNICEF, Save the children and world education in the training.
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Justice after 23 years
Khul Bahadur Kunwar & Yagya Bahadur K.C finally get justice after 23 years.
Date of incident: January 04, 1988
Place of incident: Mid-zone police training center, Maharajgunj
Khul Bahadur Kunwar was a head constable at this centre; his duty was to guard the weapons storage. Yagya Bahadur K.C. was a police constable working as a driver.
On January 04, 1988, 2 pieces of revolver numbered 571976 and 466478 went missing from the mid-zone police training center.
Once it went missing, Khul Bahadur and Yagya Bahadur were arrested and put in custody; then the police started torturing them both asking them where they hid the weapons.
Various methods were used: making the police dogs bite them, using honey all over the body that would attract the ants that would bite them, forcefully pulling out the nails of their fingers, hand cuffing, using cuffs in the legs, randomly, blindfolded and told him to see at a dugout ground where they repeated that they will bury him in there and pointing the gun at his temples. They were tortured everyday for eight months.
9th September 1988 – Both of them were brought forward to the District special police court (Under the police act 2012, article 36),
A bench comprising of Damaru Ballav Bhattarai, Chairperson; Rohit Thapa, DSP; Sharad Kumar Khadka, District attorney, decided to imprison Khul Bahadur Kunwar for four years and fine of amount totaling one year of salary; Yagya Bahadur was imprisoned for 7 years and fine amounting to total of one year salary was slapped. They were imprisoned in central jail.
They did not receive any treatment for the wounds due to torture. No one took care of them during this time; no one did anything for them during the years in jail.
After their release, they went back to their community where everyone accused them of being criminals. They were stigmatized. They had no idea where to go for justice so they kept the incident to themselves.
Yagya Bahadur could not stay in his community so he moved to Pokhara.
In January 2003, Ghanashyam Adhikari (the one who stole the weapons) was searching for the two from central jail. He said that, though you were punished for stealing the weapons, I have stolen it and have surrendered to the police who have slapped me with 4 year jail time. He used to work in the same police centre as a police constable. According to him, he had taken it for personal protection but he began feeling guilty about the incident, and especially about two innocent people being punished for no reason. Unable to bear this guilt, he came to the police station to give up the weapon and surrender.
Then they came in contact with CVICT. When we met them, they were suffering from severe mental and physical afflictions. Both were suffering from severe anxiety disorder. Forensic investigations and CVICT’s reports revealed that some of the old injuries were most likely due to dog bites, the injury is unlikely to be produced before arrest, the old scars present could be due to healing of the injuries sustained during the alleged time of affliction, also injury pattern in legs were consistent with ligature mark by rough ligature object.
Medical and psychological rehabilitation was started at CVICT and at the same time legal actions started. CVICT appealed at the Mid-regional police special court on 2060 that the charges against them should be dropped because the guilty person has already surrendered.
The special court, upheld the decision on 6th June 2007 by a bench of Attorney of appellate court Rajendra Subedi, CDO Ananda Raj Pokhrael, SP Madhav Prasad Nepal.
CVICT then filed a writ petition in Supreme Court on 27th July 2007. After three years, the Supreme Court decided on 28th March 2011 that all their charges should be dropped and that because they were punished even when they were innocent, the mid-zone police training centre should re-open the case and decide according to evidence.
Also, the Supreme Court ordered the mid-zone police training centre to give justice to the victims within one month. If this is not done, the registrar of Supreme Court will take actions.
This is a huge success in Nepal, where 99% of the victims never get justice. |
A five days Refresher Training for 12 Psychosocial counselors of District women development office's was conducted by Centre for Victims of Torture, Nepal in Kathmandu from 14th to 18th March, 20011 . The training program supported by UNFPA coordination with Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare,Women Development Department . The participants were from 12 project districts.
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Participants of the Training with President of CVICT and Deputy General, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare,Women Development Department . |
Workshop on “Enhancing Positive Potentials”
Two days workshop on “Enhancing Positive Potentials” organized by Centre for Victims of Torture Nepal from 19- 20 January 2011 in The Dwarika’s Hotel, Dhulikhel for the staffs. The objectives of the workshop were:  |
To increase team performance, mutual relationship and enhance organizational effectiveness.
2. To inspire and motivate for continuous learning and development for individual and organizational effectiveness.
3. To generate a sense of accomplishment and enhance positive mood, thinking and can do attitude |
Fact finding missionof 11 year old boy tortured by the police in Kavre |
Fact finding mission of 11 year old boy tortured by the police in Kavre completed. The case is filed in Kavre district court under the child right act on the 6th of January 2010. The case is filed under the ‘child rights act’ because it has better provisions that the ‘torture compensation act.’ ‘Child rights act’ has provisions in Article 7 on the rights of children against torture.
According to the act, if torture is proven by the court, the policemen involved will face up to a year in prison and Rs 5000 fine and appropriate compensation for the child.
Centre for Victims of Torture(CVICT), Nepal is taking care of his physical and psychological help. He now suffers from sleepless nights and pain behind his right ear for which appropriate holistic support is given.
Torture history
The child was accused of stealing 1 tola of gold from the neighbors’ house on 16th November 2010. The police took him to custody of Saranthali VDC, Kavre (Pachughat police station) where he was subjected to torture by ASI Purushottam Shrestha alias Madhusudhan Shrestha.
The boy was beaten randomly by a plastic pipe repeatedly on his back, forced to assume uncomfortable ‘chicken position’, falanga by the plastic pipe repeatedly. He was being forced to confess to stealing gold while the police tortured him.
He was also tortured by electric shock behind his right ear.
He was tortured for a period of around 1 hour |
| Dissemination Workshop on Certification of Psychosocial Counseling Training in CTEVT |
Through this dissemination workshop, the steering committee led by Centre for Victims of Torture (CVICT), Nepal was able to disseminate information on the developed curriculum and registration process of psychosocial counseling amongst participants from various organization involved in psychosocial and mental health care. Likewise, they were able to disseminate information on the prepared guidelines which would be helpful for those who wish to conduct psychosocial counseling training in affiliation with CTEVT.
In 2011, the steering committee will prepare trainer’s manual, reader’s manual and a skill testing standard |
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