Sushil Daju: through my camera

Sushil Pyakurel, a prominent human rights defender and founding chairperson of Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) has been awarded the 2010 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.

The prize is administered by the May 18 Memorial Foundation in Gwangju, Korea recognizing Pyakurel's two decades of involvement in the protection and promotion of human rights in Nepal.

According to The May 18 Foundation, the award will be conferred On May 18, 2010 on a ceremony to commemorate the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. The prize award includes a gold medal, a certificate of achievement and Korean Won 50,000,000.

Along with being the founding chairperson of INSEC, Pyakurel is also a former Commissioner of Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In the course of his long and impressive career in this field he had played a crucial role in encouraging international pressure against the royal regime and in the establishment of the Office of High Commissioner in Nepal.

Pyakurel is the current President of the Accountability Watch Committee (AWC), Nepal, and a member of the Dialogue Group for the Constituent Assembly. (Source: www.inseconline.org)

                

Demonstration on demanding for  peace and establishment of National Human Rights Commission in 1999. 

Taking Oath   as a commissioner of NHRC

Representatives of first committee of NHRC after its formation. Mr Pyakurel standing on left. 

Hospitalized in T.U. Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Resting in a free time at Staff College, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur

In a press conference 

In a programme of Himsa Antya (End Violence) programme

In a rally of welcoming Republican Nepal 

Actively participating in a rally of 1st annual celebration of "People's Movement 2006"

Jatra bhitra ko jaatra:

Last nine days, the environment of Bhaktapur was different than all other days in a year. Its full of festivals where people were enjoying it from their inner heart. All the places are filled with joyful music that fills visitor's ears and the crowd there tells all the people how important the festival was. All the tourists can realize how peaceful place is Bhaktapur and how hard-working ants are the local people there, if they look in carefully during this festival season. Bhaktapur is a historical and identical place full of natural beauties and religious practices.

But among all these wonderful events during festival season, one more shameful thing was occurring, that is scarcity of water. Here, water comes three hours once in five days that also at night. In this water fair, people try their best to get water and if they don't, they sometimes burst out with a fight. They hardly get 2-4 buckets of water and people are forced to end those 4 buckets in 4-5 days. People are not being able to use water sufficiently even during festival. People are searching for many other places to get water but in vain. There are water spouts and other resources but the main point is missing - water.

Stoped for next five days.

Text by: Dipana Sharama

Translation in to  English by : Subina Sharma