Kathmandu, March 26 -- In 2022, the Madhesh provincial government provided Rs100,000 to each family that lost members in different movements in the region, including the Maoist insurgency.

Two years later, in 2024, another government in the province handed over Rs300,000 per family to the families of "martyrs" from the Madhesh uprisings. This year, the government has moved ahead with a plan to cover health insurance premiums for 1,080 families of "martyrs" from different Madhesh movements and the insurgency.

But the families of victims of enforced disappearances, torture and sexual violence have continuously been left out of the relief programme. "These programmes are politically motivated, with little attention paid to addressing victi...