| April212005 | »Rhinos:The number of endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal hasdeclined, due mainly to poaching. The government was forced to cut downthe number of security posts established to counter the poachers in ChitwanNational Park due to fears of attack by the Maoist rebels.
»Democracy:Foreign Minister R.N. Pandey said the government hoped torestore "democratic processes" in the coming days.
»Human rights:The top U.N. human rights body in Geneva called on theNepali government to restore multiparty democracy and civil and politicalrights suspended under the emergency measures. The commission called onNepal to "reinstate immediately all civil and political rights, to ceaseall state of emergency related and other arbitrary arrests (and) to liftthe far-reaching censorship".
»Human rights:A Swiss resolution demanding that democracy and individualfreedoms be re-established in Nepal has been accepted at the United Nationsin Geneva. The organisation's top human rights body accepted the resolutionon Wednesday without voting and called on Nepal to restore multiparty democracyand 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 recruitinglarge numbers of child soldiers. | April24
2005 | »Displaced people:UN says thousands displaced by rebel violence inNepal.
»Military aids:India has decided to reverse a decision to suspend militaryaid to Nepal announced after King Gyanendra's power grab two months ago. | April25
2005 | »Displaced people:Dennis McNamara, the UN's Special Adviser on InternalDisplacement, has called for a refocusing of UN agency efforts toavoid a further deterioration in the condition of civilians in conflict-riddenNepal. Local human rights NGOs claim that up to 200,000 people are internallydisplaced, while up to 2 million Nepalese are believed to have fled ormigrated to India.
»Self-defence: Actions by "self-defence� groups backed by the government,and Maoist retaliation, resulted in over 40 deaths in mid-February, WalterKälin, representative of the UN Secretary-General on Human Rights,said. Kälin has asked the government of Nepal to condemn the emergenceof self-defence or vigilante groups and to discourage them from takingthe law in their own hands.
»Displaced people:Walter Kälin, representative of the UN Secretary-Generalon Human Rights, said that many of the displaced people needed protectionand assistance, describing the caseload as "overlooked and neglected".The UN representative found that there was a widespread pattern of conflict-induceddisplacement in Nepal, with the main causes being acts of violence or threatsagainst the population, practices of forced recruitment and extortion bythe Maoist armed group, fear of reprisals by the Royal Nepal Army for allegedlyproviding food or shelter to Maoists and a generalised climate of insecurity.
Securityoperations:The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) infomormed that securityforces have launched a strategic offensive against the retreating Maoistsin their strongholds in the Maoist special zone of Rolpa district.
Killings:Maoistrebels killed five villagers after accusing them of being members of theanti-Maoist "resistance group" in Rupandehi district.
Killings:Maoistrebels killed five villagers after accusing them of being members of theanti-Maoist "resistance group" in Rupandehi district. |
|  | | April272005 | »Surrender:The Coordinator of the Kathmandu district committee of theCPN-M affiliated Newa National Liberation Front (NNLF) surrendered beforethe security personnel.
»Hand over:Maoist rebels freed nine security personnel and a civilianby honouring the Geneva Conventions in Kailali district.
»Bombings:Maoist rebels torched the Nepal Television tower at Chaupattaof Dang district and a District Education Office in Doti district.
»Attack:Twelve workers of the Madesh Tigers were killed by suspectedMaoist rebels. Tigers and CPN-M activists clashed frequently after theMadesh Tigers group broke away from the Maoist movement last year. | April30
2005 | »State of emergencyr:Nepal's state of emergencyended. King Gyanendra in accordance withthe constitution has lifted the order of the state of emergency. It isnot immediately clear what impact the lifting of the state of emergencywill have.
»Strike:The Revolutionary All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU)>, a group affiliated to the Maoists, withdraw strike in Nepal's privateschools. ANNFSU declared that the organisation is ready for talks.
»Terrorists: TheUS State Department has retained the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists)in its global terrorist watch list.. |
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