Thousands of children have been killed, raped, tortured or recruited to fight in areas of insurgency-wracked Nepal were fighting has recently escalated, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The London-based human rights group said both sides have violated the fundamental rights of children.
At least 53 people were killed and 40 wounded in south-western Nepal when a powerful bomb ripped apart a crowded passenger bus in one of the bloodiest attacks on civilians by suspected Maoist rebels since their revolt began nine years ago.
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/ 7 February 2005
Nepal’s new government, headed by King Gyanendra, has offered to hold unconditional talks with Maoist rebels to end an insurgency that has claimed more than 11 000 lives, state media said on Monday. Gyanendra, who controls the army, last week fired the government led by prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
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/ 1 February 2005
King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal’s coalition government on Tuesday and took charge of administering the country, which is battling a Maoist revolt, as political leaders accused him of staging a coup. Gyanendra promised to ”restore democracy and law and order in the country in the next three years”.
A landmine planted by suspected Maoist rebels in Nepal killed 21 policemen and injured 16 others on Monday as a top guerrilla rejected calls by the prime minister to reopen peace talks.The policemen were on a search mission for Maoist hideouts in the insurgency-torn southwestern Nepalgunj district when their truck was blown up by underground explosives, police said.
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first conquering of Mount Everest in May 1953, hundreds of porters who assisted the climbers ”behind the scenes” remain largely forgotten.
Fourteen Maoist rebels and two Nepalese troops were killed in a fresh round of violence around the kingdom, officials and newspapers said on Friday.
Nepal’s international aid partners have pledged up to -million in aid to boost the economy and help the fight against Maoist rebels, officials said.
At least 65 police and soldiers were killed when Maoist rebels in Nepal launched a massive attack on security posts a day after executing nearly 50 security personnel in a different part of the country.
Nepal, home to the tallest mountains in the world, is losing a resource thousands of metres below — rare dolphins that swim in the kingdom’s rivers.