| May212005 | »Explosions: Maoistrebels bombed a restaurant in the tourist town pf Pokhara. No one was hurtby the blast. Maoists exploded improvised explosives at an Ex-Army BoardingSchool in Lamjung district. The Maoists have asked the school administrationto close the school before the blast.
»Attack:Maoist rebels ransacked the office of a private FM radio stationin Kailali district. No one was injured.
»Secret talks: According to a tape played by the Royal Nepalese Army(RNA), a voice attributed to Maoist chairman, Prachanda, claimed that theGovernment of India had requested the Maoist leadership to come for dialoguein India. Indian embassy in Kathmandu issued a press statement saying thatthe allegations against India are completely false, baseless and far-fetched.
»Talks with Maoists: "It is in the interests of India to open a "lineof communications" with the Maoists, " the former senior official of theIndian Army, General (Retd.) Ashok Mehta, said in an interview withBBC News.
»School closure: Over a half dozen schools have been closed followingMaoist threats in Mugu district.
»Death toll: At least 2,100 soldiers of unified command and 8,000 Maoistsinsurgents were killed during nine years of internal conflict, while 21,00civilians were killed by the rebels during the same period, said a statementof Royal Nepalese Army-RNA. | May23
2005 | »Human rights:Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and InternationalCommission of Jurists
saidin a joint press release that Maoist rebels had repeatedly violated thestandards of international human rights and humanitarian laws. The threeorganiazations questioned the credibility of repeated public commitmentsmade by CPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda to respect international human rightsand humanitarian laws. |
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|  | | May262005 | »Propaganda: Maoistleader Prachanda issued a statement , admitting it was his voice on thetape but clarifying it was an earlier tape and not relevant to the currenttimes. Her dewscribewd the tape's contents as propaganda.
»Conspiracy:According Maoist senior leader Baburam Bhattarai, the audiotapein which Prachanda "tried to accuse him to be pro-Indian was completelyunfounded, misleading and intended at character assassination". Bhattaraitermed the release of the tape as a conspiracy theory. Bhattrai said hehad already asked the party headquarters to investigate over the entireaffair and bring the truth to public.
»Military training: In Syangja district Maoists are training the studentsin different schools of rural areas in their janabadi education preparingthem for war.
»India's Nepal policy: Indian sources aver that the Maoists are at theirweakest now, and it would have been a good time for them to be part ofan emerging political alliance. Bhattarai's hobnobbing with India, sourcessay, could leave the space open for a king-Maoist understanding, at India'scost. | May28
2005 | »India visit: Maoistleader Prachanda admitted thatBaburam Bhattarai and Krishna Bahadur Maharahad visited New Delhi in recent days.
»Attack:Maoists attacked three policemen at a local restaurant in Bhairahawa,Rupandehi district. The policemen and two Maoists were killed in the clash.
»Polls: King Gyanendra said he planned to hold polls in phases to allelected bodies in tNepal, but set no dates.
»Press law: A draconian ordinance that would entail severe punishmentto newspaper editors writing anything about the King or his relatives wasin the offing, sources said. | May30
2005 | »Security action: Securityforces and Maoist rebels clashed in Dailekh, Kanchanpur, Jumla andSarlahi districts. According to RNA sources several rebels were killedduring the security actions. There are no reports about casualties on thesecurity forces' side.
»School closure: AllNepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R), affiliatedto the Communist Party of Nepal Maoist (CPN-M), has forced dozens of privateschools across the country to close down. Private schools in Ilam, Panchthar,Rupandehi, Palpa, Lamjung, Gorkha, Nawalparasi, and Baglung districts havebeen closed following threats from ANNISU-R).
»Maoist contacts: >Maoistsources say that CPN-M was in touch with the alliance of seven politicalparties that is waging a peaceful movement against the royal takeover ofFebruary 1.
»Maoist contacts: >Maoistleader Prachanda said CPN-M is not looking for India's help. The partyhas not urged any country to mediate with the state for talks. The maoistsdid not regard India as a friend or potential mediator.
»Donor agencies: >Theinfluential aid organisations German Development Agency (GTZ), the UK'sDepartment for International Development (DFID), United Nation's WorldFood Programme (WFP) and the Dutch Cooperation Agency (SNV) will not attemptto run development programmes in situations where staff are at risk. Allthe donors are asking for is a public apology from the Maoists but so farthere has been little hint of the leadership taking the incident seriously.The Maoist brutality especially against a young female worker from theHimalayan Community Development Resource Centre, a local NGO, was clearlya human rights violation, aid representatives maintain. |
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