Kathmandu, Jan. 31 -- In 2019, Bablu Lama, an insurgency-era torture victim from Kavrepalachok, applied at the district's Education Unit for free education for his child. The unit asked him to produce evidence that he was a conflict victim to qualify for the benefit.

He received an identity card from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and submitted it to the education unit. But the unit denied his application, saying only children of enforced disappearances are eligible for such opportunity.

"Since then, I have never sought any kind of state support. I have no hope for any support from the state now," said Lama at an event on Thursday. "I have completely lost faith in the state."

Like Lama, thousands of victims from the 1996-2006 ...