Comments on: Nepal Jumps Ahead on Gay and Transgender Rights

By: Barry Brown

Barry Brown — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:27:33 +0000

I am very pleased that Nepal is moving towards a state in which all may be who they are.

However, be warned that things in the West are not all sweetness and light, so I trust that Nepal will not just imitate everything the West does on the mistaken assumption that ‘West’ equals ‘progress’.

I suppose what I am saying to Nepal is: don’t reject your values, use your values and change them for the better.

By: Jyoti

Jyoti — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:46:35 +0000

hope all will get equal rights and not even the minorities groups would be discarded from the human rights.
Jai Nepal

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By: eugene

eugene — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:00:56 +0000

the nepalese really showed us how it should be done. but then, they do not have to deal with christians.

By: Pant,Dibakar, Currently in the US

Pant,Dibakar, Currently in the US — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:38:54 +0000

The right to life has not yet been well cared and concerened by Nepali authority,political parties and leaders,leaders of civil society and human rights activists as well.There are incraesing incidents of abducting,torturing,killing and burying the body by followers of political party and others,the founding the body of local busineesman Ram Hari shrestha,journalist Birendra Shaha and Thakuri and recently found bodies of Sunil pant and Pushkar Dangol after a month they were abducted,were the few instances to clear the horrible situation.In order to safeguard the right to life the Judiciary needs to play more active and interventional role but in the case of Nepal,this yet not been honestly initiated.The state of impunity seems getting officially promoted because no culprit of gross human rights violators ever been found before crimonal justice instead the criminals have been found setting free from proceeding and jail in the anme of political crimes.The judiciary,National Human Rights Commission and UN Human Rights Commission a;; found somehow ineffective and almost failed to cope the dangerous trends seen in this respect.But,in other human rights issues other than most genuine concern of life,the judiciary and other concerned institution have been found playing extra activism.Before laudly talking and higkly reccmmending any issues including gay and trasgender rights,there should be done appropriate and suiatble step where the rights of person is also respected and protected and at the same time the natural laws and usual life as well as the civilized form of society could also not be negatively distrubed and distabilised.