This evidence-led archive covers eight distinct Nepal cases: Gaur, the Dhanusha Five, Doramba, Maina Sunuwar, Nirmala Panta, Dekendra Thapa, the royal massacre and the Madi bus bombing. Convictions, inquiry findings, allegations and unresolved evidence remain separate.
Only cases with a verified conviction or equivalent judicial resolution appear here.
Radio Nepal journalist Dekendra Thapa was abducted and killed in Dailekh in 2004. District-court judgments in 2014 and 2021 convicted multiple defendants, while enforcement gaps remain.
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A schoolgirl died after an abusive military interrogation. Three retired officers were convicted of murder in 2017, though enforcement and a later challenge remained unresolved.
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A commission concluded Crown Prince Dipendra killed nine relatives and then shot himself. He died without trial, and alternative theories remain unproven.
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Twenty-seven people were killed after rival rallies collided. In 2025, Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered a long-delayed investigation.
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Five young men arrested by a joint security force disappeared. Exhumation and forensic testing identified their remains; no final perpetrator conviction was located.
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An NHRC inquiry found that army personnel arrested and executed nineteen people during a ceasefire. Military proceedings did not provide comprehensive public accountability.
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A device destroyed a crowded civilian bus at Badarmudhe. The Maoist movement admitted responsibility, but no final individual conviction was located.
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Nirmala disappeared on July 26, 2018, and was found dead the next day. Official inquiries documented failures in the first investigation; no perpetrator conviction was located.
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Five young men arrested near Janakpur on October 8, 2003. Their remains were later identified, but no perpetrator conviction was located.
An NHRC inquiry found that army personnel executed nineteen detainees on August 17, 2003. No comprehensive ordinary-court conviction was located.
She was a schoolgirl who died after a military interrogation in 2004. Three retired officers were convicted in 2017.
No. No perpetrator conviction was located.
Officially attributed, because a government inquiry identified Crown Prince Dipendra, who died without a criminal trial.
The Maoist movement admitted responsibility, but no final individual criminal conviction was located.
The Supreme Court ordered an investigation in August 2025. No final individual conviction was located through September 16, 2026.
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