my sister is traveling to nepal in november for a spirtual retreat at a buddhist monastery outside kathmandu...so when i read that three bombs exploded almost simultaneously in and around nepal's capital sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 13 i was concerned...this is the first attack on kathmandu since a communist insurgency ended last year...here's some more we should know about the human rights situation in nepal...
although the situation in nepal has improved somewhat in the past year, many serious human rights concerns remain...in april 2006, months of pro-democracy demonstrations forced king gyanendra to reinstate parliament..a ceasefire was declared between the government and the maoists, and prisoners of conscience were released...on nov. 7, 2006 a peace agreement was signed by the interim government of the seven party alliance and the communist party of nepal (maoist)...it is hoped that the peace agreement will pave the way to a lasting peace, and protection of human rights in the country...in January 2007, the maoists joined the interim government...elections to a constituent assembly, originally to be held in june, will now be held in november 2007...
over 13,000 people were killed in nepal's 10-year-old civil conflict...thousands more suffered grave human rights abuses committed by both government security forces and maoist cadres...these abuses included thousands of arrests without charge or trial, extrajudicial killings, abductions, disappearances, and widespread torture...
amnesty international’s current human rights concerns include continuing impunity for past grave abuses, lack of clarity about the fate of those who disappeared during the conflict, continuing maoist abuses such as abductions, increasing violence by armed groups in the terai, and persistent abuses of economic, social, and cultural rights of women, dalits, and other groups...
nepal's vibrant human rights movement continues to be at the forefront of the ongoing struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in nepal...here are some interviews with, and information about, some of nepal's human rights defenders..
- interview with: krishna pahadi
- interview with: subodh raj pyakurel
- interview with: suvash kumar darnal
- interview with: rameshwar nepal
- society of the families of the disappeared
please take action and demand the government of nepal investigate the fate of the disappeared...sanjiv kumar karna, a 24-year-old student in janakpur was picnicking with a group of friends when he and ten others were arrested by a group of joint security force personnel...they were reportedly brutally beaten before being interrogated...
so please take action and go learn something about the political situation (in addition to the human rights situation) in nepal...
peace out <3
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