Nepal, Aug. 5 -- Nearly two decades after Nepal's civil war formally ended, the stories of male survivors of sexual violence remain largely untold-buried under layers of stigma, silence and societal denial. While the suffering of women during the conflict has gained some recognition, countless men who were subjected to brutal sexual torture by both state and rebel forces have been forgotten.

In a patriarchal society where masculinity is often equated with invulnerability, these men continue to carry their trauma in silence-physically broken, emotionally scarred and still awaiting justice. Their pain, long dismissed or ignored, is a stark reminder of the gaps in Nepal's transitional justice process.

'Rolpa-16' Male, 46,

In the winter of...