• Nepal police 'torture kids for fun:' rights group (AFP via Yahoo! News)
  A leading human rights group on Wednesday accused police in Nepal of torturing scores of children, sometimes for fun.
  
  
• Nepal urged to end "torture" of children in custody (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
  KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist-led government must end the widespread torture and ill-treatment of children in police custody and punish those found guilty of abuses, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
  
  
• Protests Erupt In Nepal Capital Over Alleged Maoist Killings (Nasdaq)
  KATMANDU, Nepal (AFP)--Protesters in Katmandu burned tires and smashed car windows Wednesday to protest the deaths of two young men who were allegedly abducted by the youth wing of Nepal's ruling Maoists.
  
  
• Nepal must end "torture" of children in custody-HRW (AlertNet)
  Source: Reuters KATHMANDU, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist-led government must end the widespread torture and ill-treatment of children in police custody and punish those found guilty of abuses, Human Rights Watch ...
  
  
• Nepal SC approves same-sex marriage (Hindustan Times)
  In a landmark verdict, the apex court in Nepal has given its consent to same-sex marriages, a move that beats off social taboos in the conservative valley.
  
  
• Child torture rampant in Nepal even after democracy: report (New Kerala)
  Kathmandu, Nov 19 : Even two years after the fall of king Gyanendra's dictatorial regime and the restoration of democracy, Nepal continues to witness rampant torture of children by police, at times just to provide 'entertainment', a report says.
  
  
• Police in Nepal torture children in custody: HRW (Nepalnews. com)
  The Nepal government should urgently address the "widespread torture and ill-treatment of children in police custody", Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a statement marking Nepali Children's Day (November 20).
  
  
• Rights group: Nepal police beat children (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  KATMANDU, Nepal—Nepalese police allegedly tortured children in their custody, an international rights group said, calling the practice widespread and asking the government to punish the officers involved.
  
  
• Nepal OKs same-sex union (The Times of India)
  KATHMANDU: Close on the heels of an international furore over California's decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of Nepal has given its nod to such unions.
  
  
• Nepal steps up efforts for peace talks with rebels (Gulf Times)
  KATHMANDU: The Nepalese government has intensified its efforts to bring some 21 armed rebel groups in southern Nepal together for talks aimed at ending two years of violence in the region, media reports said yesterday.
  
  

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