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ToonArmyIsComing
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:30 am Post subject: Human rights crisis continues in Nepal |
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Human rights crisis continues in Nepal
As the internal conflict between the security forces and armed insurgents of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) enters its 10th year, a long-ignored human rights crisis threatens to slide toward catastrophe. The situation deteriorated sharply following King Gyanendra's direct seizure of power and declaration of a State of Emergency on 1 February. Fundamental rights were suspended, including freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of movement. Within days, hundreds of people were arrested – among them political leaders, student activists, trade unionists, journalists, and human rights defenders.
Krishna Pahadi, a former chairperson of AI Nepal and founding chairman of the Human Rights and Peace Society, was one of those arrested. Four members of the security forces dressed in plain clothes seized him at his office on 9 February, the day before a planned rally in Kathmandu organized by the Society to protest against the emergency rule and challenge the ban on public demonstrations. Eleven other Society activists were arrested at the rally itself, where protestors chanted slogans such as "Human rights have been violated" and "Long live democracy". While the other protesters were released after a few days, Krishna Pahadi remained in police custody.
An AI delegation, led by Secretary General Irene Khan, met Krishna Pahadi in detention at the police station in Naxal, Kathmandu, during an AI visit to Nepal in mid-February. He told them there was little point in being released, as he was sure to be rearrested for his opposition to the restrictions imposed by the king.
The attacks on human rights defenders, journalists and others following the state of emergency are crippling Nepal’s dynamic civil society. Those who were exposing and condemning the human rights abuses perpetrated both by the security forces and the CPN (Maoist) are being muzzled by the threat of arrest or assault, restrictions on freedom of movement, and the imposition of censorship.
In March a team from Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission was prevented from travelling to Kapilvastu district to investigate reports that mobs allegedly operating with the sanction of the Royal Nepal Army had targeted Maoists and suspected Maoist sympathizers, burning hundreds of homes and killing an estimated 30 villagers. Without witnesses, both sides are free to commit human rights abuses with impunity.
While the state of emergency and mass arrests have drawn international attention, it is important to remember that the most serious human rights concern in Nepal is the daily violence and terror inflicted on ordinary communities across the country.
http://web.amnesty.org/wire/April2005/Nepal |
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Canada_Rocks
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| oh oh, better send in Team america. |
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eynon
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Canada_rocks wrote: oh oh, better send in Team america.
AMERICA f**k YEAH!!!! |
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thundertaker
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| I'm curious to know how many of these insurgents are former Gurkhas, because if they end up as Maoist insurgents when their time serving the British and Indian armies is up, Nepal could have a serious problem... |
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Poon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Eynon81 wrote: Canada_rocks wrote: oh oh, better send in Team america.
AMERICA f**k YEAH!!!! :lol: :lol: I'm not sure if this is important enough for Team America... |
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Nico
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Eynon81 wrote: Canada_rocks wrote: oh oh, better send in Team america.
AMERICA f**k YEAH!!!!
:lol: |
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