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Two militants killed in security action At least two Maoists have been killed in separate encounters with security forces in Morang and Lamjung districts. The Directorate of Public (DPR) of the Royal Nepalese Army Monday informed that a Maoist was shot dead in an exchange of fire at Larikata area of Rangeli-7, Morang district, on Sunday evening. The DPR said some 10 Maoists were involved in the attack on security forces. A pistol, bullets and Maoist documents were recovered from the incident site. Similarly, in Parewadanda of Lamjung, one militant was gunned down during an operation last night. The identity of the Maoist is not known. nepalnews.com mbk Aug 30 04 Related
News Four parties stage protest in capital
The four political parties spearheading an anti-'regression’ movement staged demonstrations in the capital Monday to protest the ‘mistreatment’ of Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala by the security staff of the domestic terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport. Hundreds of activists of the four-party alliance that comprises the Nepali Congress, People’s Front Nepal, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandi Devi) carried out a rally from Ratna Park which marched past Putalisadak, Shahid Gate, Bhotahiti and concluded at Ratna Park. Chanting angry slogans against the Royal Nepalese Army and the Deuba government, the protestors blocked traffic for an hour at Ratna Park area during the protest. Similarly, Congress party workers carried protests in Koirala’s hometown, Biratnagar, for the third consecutive day today. Addressing a gathering following the demonstration, former general secretary of Nepal Students Union Gagan Thapa said the behavior of the security officials indicated the increasing militarization in the country. "This incident calls for strong opposition from all the democratic forces," Thapa said. nepalnews.com mbk Aug 30 04 Related
News NC to intensify protest against TIA incident, regression The Nepali Congress Monday decided to expedite more protests against the act of security personnel at the domestic terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport, barring party president Girija Prasad Koirala from flying to Bhairahawa on Saturday morning. According to NC spokesperson Arjun Narsingh KC, an informal meeting of the central leaders at Koirala’s resident this morning decided to carry out fresh protests against security personnel's ‘mistreatment’ to the party president. "The party has decided to organize intense protests in all districts from Wednesday. The meeting has condemned the act of the security officials," he told reporters after the meeting. Along with the protests, the party has also decided to continue the movement against what it calls 'regression'. Central leaders will be leading the protests in the districts, KC informed. One of the objectives of the campaign will be to inform the party cadres about the decision of the last meeting of the Central Working Committee and prepare them for the 11th general convention of the party to be held in Birganj next February. Meanwhile, according to a NC source, Koirala told the meeting that he was serious about the ‘misconduct’ of the security men. "He said he has taken the incident very seriously," the source told, adding that Koirala has given directives to the leaders to go to the districts to make the protests successful. nepalnews.com mbk Aug 30 04 Related
News One day after the Maoists planted bombs in the premises of the Nepal Lever Limited, Colgate Palmolive Nepal Private Limited in Hetauda Saturday closed down its industry for a week, a daily said. However, the Colgate Palmolive Nepal Private, has cited scarcity of raw materials as reasons behind the closure, the Kantipur daily added. According to the report, the closure of the industry will leave five of its subsidiary companies closed. nepalnews.com pd Aug 30 04 Related
News Four Nepali Maoists held in India The Indian police at Mirik arrested four suspected Maoists in Darjeeling in West Bengal on Saturday, reports said. Nepali and India security officials had agreed to work jointly to control growing crime in the Nepal-India border in east Nepal a few days ago. According to reports quoting Darjeeling police, the held Maoists suspects have been identified as Yam Bahadur Mukhiya, Tara Pradhan, Bhim Raj Limbu and Bal Kumar Gole. Mukhiya, who is said to be the third-ranked leader of the Maoists was held while being rushed to Darjeeling hospital to undergo treatment for his eye. His eyes were reportedly injured during preparation of explosives in a Maoist base camp in Ilam. A Sub-Divisional Magistrate court in Darjeeling remanded three of the four Nepalis to judicial custody and one to the police custody for ten days on Sunday. A team from Nepal has left for India to carryout investigation regarding the detained Maoists suspects, a report quoting Chief District Officer of Ilam said. nepalnews.com pd Aug 30 04 Related
News Nepali family murdered in India Five members of a Nepali family working in the Indian town of Lucknow were murdered on Sunday, Press Trust of India (PTI) said quoting police. According to the report, an unidentified group killed all the members of the Nepali family- husband, wife, two sons and a daughter- by splitting their throats with weapons in their residence at Sarojini of Lucknow. The details (name and address) of the victims and the reason behind the murder are not mentioned in the news report. However, police believed enmity to be a reason behind the killings, the report added. A massive search operation is underway to track down the murderers, it is stated. nepalnews.com pd Aug 30 04 Alarming rise in 'disappearances' in Nepal: Amnesty Amnesty International has revealed that 378 cases of "disappearance" in Nepal have been reported last year, which is higher than the number of cases put together in the previous five years. In its report, Nepal: Escalating 'disappearances' amid a culture of impunity, published on the occasion of the international `day of the disappeared' Monday (Aug. 30), the London-based human rights watchdog described a growing culture of impunity in which security forces regularly obstruct investigations into "disappearances" by Nepal's courts and National Human Rights Commission. "The dramatic escalation in 'disappearances' is not only causing massive suffering to the victims and their families but is also undermining the rule of law as well as the trust of ordinary Nepalis in their security forces and government," Amnesty International said. Since 1998, Amnesty International has received reports of 622 cases of "disappearance", hundreds of cases of extrajudicial executions, thousands of arbitrary arrests and widespread torture by security forces. The organisation has also received numerous reports of abductions, torture and killings by the CPN (Maoist) and has frequently called on its leadership to end these abuses and abide by international humanitarian law, the statement said. Nepalnews.com by Aug 30 Related
News Three Nepalis killed in Afghanistan Seventeen people including three Nepali nationals were killed in bomb explosions in Kabul on Sunday, reports said. Two powerful bombs exploded separately in Kabul. According to agency reports, the first bomb exploded in a school killing ten including a number of children. In a second explosion that occurred in another office, seven people including three Nepalis were killed. The explosions were reportedly carried out by rebels supporting former Taleban regime. Two Americans were also killed in the explosion. One of the explosions tore through the office of an American defense contractor in the heart of the Afghan capital. A number of Nepalis are employed by American and international companies in Kabul, especially in the security sector. The identity of the dead Nepalis is still unknown. nepalnews.com by Aug 30 UN, NHRC express concerns over `disappeared' people in Nepal The United Nations and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have expressed concerns over the increasing number of people who have "disappeared" during the on-going conflict in Nepal. In a statement issued on the occasion of International Day of the Disappeared Monday (August 30), office of the United Nations system in Nepal said the number of reported cases of persons who 'disappear' in Nepal in circumstances connected to the conflict continues to climb to shocking heights. The Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances reported in this year's report that Nepal had the highest number of new cases received in 2003. Since then the situation has become even more grave. The Working Group has urged the government of Nepal to 'undertake all necessary actions to prevent further disappearances, to clarify outstanding cases, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.' Similarly, in a statement issued on the occasion, chairman of NHRC, Nayan Bahadur Khatri, has appealed to the Nepal government to employ principles of human rights and criminal justice while detaining people and make public whereabouts of all the people who have 'disappeared' after they were taken into custody. The Commission has also strongly called upon the CPN (Maoist) to make public whereabouts of all the people it has taken into hostage after abducting them and release them. nepalnews.com by Aug 30 Related
News Emergency meeting of Congress CWC, protests continue An emergency meeting of the Nepali Congress central working committee (NC CWC) is going on at the residence of former prime minister and NC president, G. P. Koirala, Monday morning. The
meeting is reviewing the incident of prohibiting Koirala to fly to The sister organisations of NC had called shutdown strike in Kathmandu valley and educational strike in all academic institutions all over the country on Sunday in protest of the said incident. Eyewitnesses
said a group of protesters were burning tyres at the Meanwhile, the five-member committee formed by the government to probe into the said incident is expected to furnish its report to concerned authorities later on Monday. nepalnews.com by Aug 30 Related
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