|
April
21
2005 |
»
Rhinos:
The number of endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal has
declined, due mainly to poaching. The government was forced to cut down
the number of security posts established to counter the poachers in Chitwan
National Park due to fears of attack by the Maoist rebels.
»
Democracy:
Foreign Minister R.N. Pandey said the government hoped to
restore "democratic processes" in the coming days.
»
Human rights:
The top U.N. human rights body in Geneva called on the
Nepali government to restore multiparty democracy and civil and political
rights suspended under the emergency measures. The commission called on
Nepal to "reinstate immediately all civil and political rights, to cease
all state of emergency related and other arbitrary arrests (and) to lift
the far-reaching censorship".
»
Human rights:
A Swiss resolution demanding that democracy and individual
freedoms be re-established in Nepal has been accepted at the United Nations
in Geneva. The organisation's top human rights body accepted the resolution
on Wednesday without voting and called on Nepal to restore multiparty democracy
and civil and political rights suspended under emergency measures.
»
Human rights:
The UN's Commission on Human Rights, a 53-nation commission,
accused Nepal's Maoist rebels of unlawful killings, rape and recruiting
large numbers of child soldiers. |
April
24
2005
|
»
Displaced people:
UN says thousands displaced by rebel violence in
Nepal.
»
Military aids:
India has decided to reverse a decision to suspend military
aid to Nepal announced after King Gyanendra's power grab two months ago. |
April
25
2005
|
»
Displaced people:
Dennis McNamara, the UN's Special Adviser on Internal
Displacement, has called for a refocusing of UN agency efforts to
avoid a further deterioration in the condition of civilians in conflict-ridden
Nepal. Local human rights NGOs claim that up to 200,000 people are internally
displaced, while up to 2 million Nepalese are believed to have fled or
migrated to India.
»
Self-defence: Actions by "self-defence� groups backed by the government,
and Maoist retaliation, resulted in over 40 deaths in mid-February, Walter
Kälin, representative of the UN Secretary-General on Human Rights,
said. Kälin has asked the government of Nepal to condemn the emergence
of self-defence or vigilante groups and to discourage them from taking
the law in their own hands.
»
Displaced people:
Walter Kälin, representative of the UN Secretary-General
on Human Rights, said that many of the displaced people needed protection
and assistance, describing the caseload as "overlooked and neglected".
The UN representative found that there was a widespread pattern of conflict-induced
displacement in Nepal, with the main causes being acts of violence or threats
against the population, practices of forced recruitment and extortion by
the Maoist armed group, fear of reprisals by the Royal Nepal Army for allegedly
providing food or shelter to Maoists and a generalised climate of insecurity.
Security
operations:
The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) infomormed that security
forces have launched a strategic offensive against the retreating Maoists
in their strongholds in the Maoist special zone of Rolpa district.
Killings:
Maoist
rebels killed five villagers after accusing them of being members of the
anti-Maoist "resistance group" in Rupandehi district.
Killings:
Maoist
rebels killed five villagers after accusing them of being members of the
anti-Maoist "resistance group" in Rupandehi district. |
|
|
|
|
|
. |
|
April
27
2005 |
»
Surrender:
The Coordinator of the Kathmandu district committee of the
CPN-M affiliated Newa National Liberation Front (NNLF) surrendered before
the security personnel.
»
Hand over:
Maoist rebels freed nine security personnel and a civilian
by honouring the Geneva Conventions in Kailali district.
»
Bombings:
Maoist rebels torched the Nepal Television tower at Chaupatta
of Dang district and a District Education Office in Doti district.
»
Attack:
Twelve workers of the Madesh Tigers were killed by suspected
Maoist rebels. Tigers and CPN-M activists clashed frequently after the
Madesh Tigers group broke away from the Maoist movement last year. |
April
30
2005
|
»
State of emergencyr:
Nepal's state of emergency
ended. King Gyanendra in accordance with
the constitution has lifted the order of the state of emergency. It is
not immediately clear what impact the lifting of the state of emergency
will have.
»
Strike:
The Revolutionary All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU)
, a group affiliated to the Maoists, withdraw strike in Nepal's private
schools. ANNFSU declared that the organisation is ready for talks.
»
Terrorists:
The
US State Department has retained the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists)
in its global terrorist watch list.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
