Timeline
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New
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The
central committee meeting held two months ago in Rolpa dissolved the United
Revolutionary Peoples Council and formed a General Convention Organising
Committee. Preparations are also being made to reorganise teachers, trade
unions and women's organisations.
The
Maoists have increased the number of their military divisions from three
to seven. The Maoists haven't given up the military option.
The
Maoist have said they will allow international aid agencies to work in
the country's impoverished areas.
The
Maoists also announced the start of their 'people's democratic campaign'.
Maoists
extended their unilateral ceasefire by one month |
Maoist
rebels in Nepal have extended a unilateral ceasefire by one month. CPN
(Maoist) leader Prachanda said in a statement the Maoists' move was part
of a peace effort.
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12-point
agreement between the seven parties and Maoists |
Chairman
of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Prachanda said his party wasready
to end years of violence and rejoin
the political mainstream. Prachanda said that the Maoists would be willing
to place themselves under the supervision of the United Nations or nother
credible international organisation ahead of elections to a constituent
assembly. Political parties said they had agreed to a key Maoist demand,
promising to hold elections to an assembly that would draw up a new constitution
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Maoist
rebels in Nepal have declared a unilateral three-month ceasefire. |
The
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has declared three-month long unilateral
cease-fire with immediate effect.
In
a statement chairman of CPN (Maoist), Prachanda,said his party hoped
that the decision (to go for unilateral cease-fire) would encourage all
political forces within and outside the country that want peace with a
forward-looking political way out. The Maoist supremo also expressed hope
that it will help create a positive environment to resolve the problem
for the political forces within the country and even the UN.
The
Maoist chairman said his party would not undertake any offensive activities
with effect from Saturday (Sep. 3).
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Maoist leaders of Nepal and India Issue a Joint Statement |
Chairman
of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) comrade Prachanda and General Secretary
Communist party of India (Maoist) comrade Ganapathy have issued a joint
statement on September 02, 2005. The two top leadersconfirmed the long
Red Corridor of armed struggle stretching from the Base Areas in Nepal
up to the guerrilla zones of Andhra Pradesh or the so-called Compact Revolutionary
Zone.
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Kalikot:
Major attack on security forces |
A
large number of Maoist rebels had raided the temporary base camp of Royal
Nepal Army (RNA) set up for the construction of the Surkhet-Jumla Road.
According to RNA sources the Maoist rebels attacked non-combatant RNA personnel
involved in road constructions. After the clash RNA had found the bodies
of 40 army soldiers killed by Maoist rebels while 76 other soldiers were
still missing. The Maoist rebels said that they had killed 159 security
personnel and captured another 50 in the firefight. The commander
of PLA's Western Division said in a statement that the Maoist forces
had achieved a major victory in the attack at the army base in Kalikot
district.
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Baburam
Bhattarai reinstated |
Senior
Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai has been reinstated after several months
of suspension caused by major differences with Maoist chairman, Prachanda. |
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On
March 1, 2005 the CPN-M leadership took action against Baburam Bhattarai
and some of his followers:
Dinanath
Sharma, Mani Thapa, Hisila Yam (Bhattarai's wife) and Devendra Poudel. |
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Direction
to stop all kinds of physical actions against unarmed persons |
Chairman
of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Prachanda said in a statement
that 'In consideration with the historic demand of the movement against
authoritarianism as well as the request of the seven political parties,
the central leadership of the party has given special direction to all
organs of the party, the People's Liberation Army and the new people's
government, not to carry out physical actions on unarmed persons
even if they are criminals.' |
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Maoists
holding local elections |
The
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is holding local elections in its strongholds.
The CPN (M) was organising elections for local bodies in ten districts
in western Nepal described as 'special zone' by the Maoists. The elections
took place on June 19 and 22, 2005 in Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan, Pyuthan, Dang,
Gulmi, Baglung, Myagdi, Arghakhanchi and Kapilvastu districts, the news
report said. Chief and deputy chiefs of Village People's Government (VPGs)
and chiefs of Ward People's Government had been elected through these elections.
Though the Maoists had called mainstream political parties to take part
in the elections, they did not take part in the elections in a formal way.
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Peace
Talks: Government's deadline ignored |
Deadline:
The Maoist rebels have ignored a deadline set by the Goverment for Maoist
rebels to resume peace talks. Analysts say that the country seems to be
heading towards an escalation in violence instead of a resumption of talks
to end it. |
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Maoist
declared unilateral ceasefire |
The
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) CPN-M has declared a unilateral ceasefire
during Dashain festival with effect from October 20 to 28 October 2004.
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Bhojpur:
Serious Maoist attack on joint security forces |
Maoist
rebels have attacked joint security forces in Bhojpur. Heavy casualties
on both sides. Maoists have attacked a telecommunication tower. Maoist
rebels are also operating "people's court" in villages outside district
headquarters. About 75 per cent of the cases are being solved by the people's
court.
Later
in April, Maoists have freed 41 policemen captured by the rebel in Ilam
in the presence of the representatives of the International Committee of
Red Cross, human rights activists and media personnel.
Security
forces have halted all security operations in four eastern districts following
a request by the International
Committee of Red Cross (ICRC).
Myagdi:
Serious Maoist attack on joint security forces in Beni |
Maoists
rebels have launched a major offensive against security forces west of
Pokhara. Security forces had sustained "heavy casualties" in the overnight
violence in Beni, the district headquarters of Myagdi. Both Maoist and
Army claimed that its forces were victorious in one of the haviest battle
since the insurgency was launched in 1996. According to Army sources, the
security forces have taken control of the area and are hunting the Maoist
rebels from both land and air Maoists
have set conditions for the release of over 30 security force personnel
and officials captured in Beni
fightings.
Later
in April , both the civil servants and the security personnel captured
by the Maoists after the Beni attack were released by the Maoists and handed
over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Mid-western
Nepal: Blockades in the district headquarters |
Chitwan,
Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Palpa, Syanja, Kaski, Tananun, Parwat, Lamjung,
Gorkha, Gulmi, Myagdi
and Manang: Maoist-affiliated organisations have declaried blockades in
the district headquarters. Normal life in the western and mid-western regions
has came to a stillstand after the imposition of a 17-day economic embargo
in the district headquarters of the region by Maoist ethnic organisations.
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Achham,
Kalikot and Bajura: Maoists hold elections |
Across
the villages of Achham, Kalikot and Bajura in the Maoist-controlled heartland
of mid-western Nepal, it is election time this month. The Maoists are filling
the vacuum left after the Deuba government declined to extend the terms
of elected local councils two-and-a-half years ago.
To
counter the government move to nominate VDC members, they are conducting
their own elections for village and district "people's governments". Sixty-two
of the 75 VDCs in Achham have held elections, of which 23 polls were held
with votes being cast, in 30 the Maoists won unanimously, and in eight
villages, local representatives were appointed by the Maoist party. In
Kalikot to the north, independent candidates have won some positions in
four village-level elections while the Maoists have swept all positions
in 13 of the VDCs. The Maoists have their own election commission which
drafted guildelines for the polls.
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Royal
Goverment and Maoist rebels declared cease-fire. |
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The
7-month old cease-fire in Nepal between the government and Maoist rebels
has ended after the rebels declared there was no justification for the
truce amid an uncompromising stance from the Nepal Government. Nepal rebels
and the Goverment joined to 3 rounds of rounds peace talks.
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Mangalsen
- Achham: Maoist rebels launched major attacks on government targets |
More
than 120 people have been killed in two separate but simultaneous attacks
by Maoist rebels on government installations in western Nepal. The rebels
raided the district headquarters, Mangalsen, district headquarters of the
remote hill district of Achham (420 kms northwest of Kathmandu), and an
airstrip in nearby Sanfebagar at about midnight. The victims of the raids
on Mangalsen and the nearby airstrip included police officers, soldiers
and local government officials. The rebels mounted attacks on an airport,
government buildings, a military barracks and an armoury. Buildings were
blown up and banks were looted. Gun battles between rebels and the security
forces went on for many hours from midnight until well after dawn. It has
been a deceptive and dastardly attack on a small security force by a big
Maoist group, officials said. Maoists also torched a bus travelling to
Kathmandu from Gaur after forcing passengers out of the vehicle.The rebels
fled after the army arrived. Smoke was seen drifting around the scene of
the daring attacks for a long time afterwards. The scale and ferocity of
the attacks go beyond anything the rebels have carried out previously in
six years of conflict. It was the bloodiest offensive launched by Maoist
militants since they abandoned peace talks last year and a state of emergency
was declared in the country last November. Rebels have intensified their
nation-wide attacks as parliament begins a debate on the extension of the
emergency earlier this week. |
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