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February 3, 2008: Talk Program with Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel
We are organizing a talk program on this Sunday, February 3, 2008 and on behalf of Nepal Seattle Society (NSS), we request our members and friends to join us to meet our guest speaker Mr Sindhu Nath Pyakurel at The Everest Kitchen from 2:30 to 4pm.
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Short Personal Profile of Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel
Senior Attorney Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel has been in law practice for the past 33 years.
He was the president of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) for three years from the year 2000 to 2003.
Under his dynamic leadership, Nepal Bar was actively involved in safeguarding and promoting human rights and the rule of Law in Nepal.
Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel is the member of peace dialogue committee to facilitate talks with the rebels.
He along with other members of the committee is in the regular process of preparing groundwork to bring Maoists and the Government to the negotiation table.
Besides being a law practitioner, Mr. Pyakurel was actively involved in the political activities during and after the Panchayat regime.
He participated in the multi-party movement of 1990s and was arrested and jailed several times.
Mr. Pyakurel was a founder member of United peoples Front, a coalition of different political organizations in Nepal.
After the restoration of multi-party system, he was elected to the National Assembly, the upper house of parliament for four years.
At present Mr. Pyakurel is not aligned to any political organization but he is actively involved in his legal profession, political and human rights issues in Nepal and abroad.
As a coordinator of Public Concern Committee of Nepal Bar Association, he led the team to monitor and oversee human rights situations in different parts of the country.
As the president of Nepal Bar Association, Mr. Pyakurel was the member of a task force formed under the aegis of HMG Nepal and United Nation Development Program (UNDP) that prepared reports on human rights which have been incorporated in the 10th Five year plan of Nepal.
Mr. Pyakurel is the active member of Human Rights Organization SAARC, a human rights watchdog for South Asian region, and is in the advisory committee of Human Rights Organization Nepal (HURON).
He was also the counseling member of Forum for Protection of Human Rights Nepal (FOPUR), a pioneer human rights organization.
Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel has participated and presented papers in various workshop seminars on Law, Human Rights, and Conflict management in Nepal and abroad.