Civil Liberties

Must Reads

• Nepal

  Adults Live Alongside Kids in Nepal’s Juvenile Detention Homes

  More than 600 people who entered the system as children are now adults, making up nearly half the detainees across nine juvenile corrections homes.

  By Sunita Neupane
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  Zimbabwe

  No Title. No Utilities. No Problem. Inside the Zimbabwean Ruling Party’s Land-for-Votes Scheme.

  By Linda Mujuru
• Nepal

  Nepal School’s Dreams of a ‘Brighter Future’ Fade Under the Cloud of Lost US Aid

  Books, educational toys, even a fresh coat of paint — it all could have helped entice students (and their parents) to place a priority on education, says the principal at one school. Now, the funding for those improvements is gone.

  By Yam Kumari Kandel