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Imprisoned for Infanticide: How Teen Girls Cope in Nepali Jails

Often quite young, they were convicted to long prison sentences for infanticide. Child rights activists say it runs afoul of several of the country’s own laws on how to treat juvenile offenders.

By Sunita Neupane

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Nepal
In Nepal, Funeral Rites Must Wait for Migrant Sons to Return. State-Funded Freezers Help.

Families in migrant communities rely on cold storage to bridge the distance between death and tradition.

By Yam Kumari Kandel
Nepal
Political Crisis in Nepal Rekindles Calls for a Return to the Crown

By Sunita Neupane

and Yam Kumari Kandel
India
‘God’s Work’ Is Modi’s Work in Rural India

Hindu nationalists go toe to toe with Christians in attempting to convert indigenous Adivasis.

By Raksha Kumar

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In DRC’s Most Biodiverse Area, Farmers and Park Rangers Battle for Control

By Merveille Kavira Luneghe

Thousands Have Taken Refuge Near DRC’s Virunga National Park. Can the Park Survive?

By Noella Nyirabihogo

Zimbabwe Authorities Detain Suspects Indefinitely, Despite Laws

By Linda Mujuru

and Evidence Chenjerai

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

In Haiti, Losing an ID Is the Beginning of a Bureaucratic Nightmare

By Anne Myriam Bolivar

As Her Daughter’s Femicide Case Stalls in Mexico, One Mother Seeks Justice Elsewhere

By Ena Aguilar Peláez

and Marissa Revilla

Motorcycle Ownership Has Surged in Mexico City. So Have Crashes.

By Aline Suárez del Real

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Asia

Coverage from Indian-administered Kashmir, Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Nepal’s Reckoning With Presidential Pardons

By Sunita Neupane

When the Promise of a Job Is a Trap

By Thayalini Indrakularasa

For Trans Nepalis, Getting Accurate Identity Documents Can Be a Humiliating Ordeal

By Sunita Neupane

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