| March112005 | »Censorship:Majority of newspapers outside Kathmandu have closed downtheir publication and newspapers in Kathmandu are gradually cutting downtheir pages due to emergency rule.
»Arms:Pakistan has offered Nepal arms and hi-tech expertise to tackleMaoists. Pakistan is also ready to share its high-tech expertise to dealwith the Maoist problem facing Nepal. | March13
2005 | »ICRC:The Delegate General for Asia and Pacific of the ICRC (InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross) arrived in Nepal for talks with Nepali authoritiesregarding the "humanitarian situation and ICRC's mandate and activities"in Nepal, an ICRC statement said.
»Information blockade:The information blockade imposed by the RoyalGovernment is sucessfull. For observers it is extremely difficultto get information from reliable and independent sources.
»Clashes:According to army sources, Maoist rebels were killed in separateencounters with security forces in Ilam, Siraha and Arghakhanchi districts.There is no confirmation from the Maoist side. | March14
2005 | »Countrywide protests:The Maoist rebels would step up countrywide protestsincluding transport blockades and strikes, Maoist leader Prachanda saidin a statement. The CPN-M chairman announced that the rebel forces wouldalso step up attacks on security forces to protest the king's move to suspenddemocracy. He called for an 11-day nationwide strike from April 2, 2005.
»Human Rights:Human rights groups have been stepped up their campaignagainst detentions of political activists. | March15
2005 | »Protests:Mainstream political parties to launch fresh peaceful protestsagainst the King's power grab.
»Protests:Maoists will allow parties opposed to the royal coup to conducttheir activities without any restrictions in the areas under their influence.
»Human Rights:There is no need to appoint a UN special rapporteur tomonitor the rights situation in the country as being demanded by some internationalrights groups, an UN officials said.
»Blockade:Maoist rebels have torched four buses to mark the announcementof a new transport blockade in Itahari district.
»Threats:Nepalis of Indian origin are a frightened and a scared racethese days, so much so, that they are suddenly making their way back hometo India to escape a looming and menacing threat from Nepal's rebel Maoistsrebels.
»Human Rights:Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey told the annualsession of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva that Switzerlandwas willing to contribute to a team of international human-rights experts.Switzerland supported a proposal to condemn Nepal for human-rights abuses.
Switzerland,which has been providing aid to Nepal for 40 years, was willing to supportefforts to end the crisis.
»Human Rights:Nepal is on the agenda of the 61st session of the UNCommission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva.
»UNCHR: A resolution at the annual session of the UN Commission on HumanRights (UNCHR) in Geneva urges the Nepalese government to begin peace talkswith Maoist rebels fighting to impose a Communist republic, and to putan end to arbitrary arrests. |
|  | | March172005 | »Democracy:U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Nepal to quicklyrestore democracy.
»Maoist leadership:A Maoist statement denied media reports saying thatBaburam Bhattarai, number two in the Maoist hierarchy, and his wife wereexpelled from the Maoist movement.
»Crisis:The US ambassador to Nepal has urged Nepal's King and mainstreampolitical parties to unite to end the country's political crisis. the presentsituation could help the Maoist rebels. | March18
2005 | »No peace talks:The ruling council headed by the King is against holdingpeace talks with Maoist rebels. the Maoists had become stronger when peacetalks were held.
»Violence: The violence between vigilantes and Maoists has killed 36,ruining over 600 houses and displacing 20,000 people to the Indian border,human rights activist say. | March19
2005 | »Civilians:The United Nations and bilateral donor agencies in Nepalurge all parties to ensure that movement of supplies and vehicles intendedto alleviate the suffering of civilian populations are not restricted.
»Deal: Representatives of Nepali Congress, Nepali Congress (Democratic),Nepal Communist Party (United Marxists-Leninists), People's Front NepalParty and the Nepal Sadbhavana Party meeting in Bangkok issued a jointcall to redraft the country's constitution through a constituent assembly.
»Mission: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) begins high-levelmission to Nepal to assess impact of state of emergency on human rights.
»Blockade: RNA began escorting vehicles moving in and out of the Kathmanduvalley as a largely-ignored road blockade called by Maoist rebels enteredits fifth day. "Things are normal on the highways without any reports ofincidents or roadblocks. There has been very little effect of the blockade,"an Army spokesman said. |
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