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Victims
in Nepal's Civil War
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Victims
in Nepal's Civil War
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| September
2009 |
The revised death toll records at least 16,278 deaths during the conflict. |
| August
2006 |
The
conflict in Nepal has killed 13,265 people since 1996, according to statistics
published by INSEC. |
| June
2006 |
The
decade-long conflict in Nepal has killed 13,190 people, including 446 children,
said a report titled "A Decade of Disaster" released by the Community Study
and Welfare Center (CSWC). |
| December
2005 |
Observers
estimate that over 12,800 persons have been killed in the ongoing conflict
in Nepal. |
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Victims
of the conflict
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March
2006
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"Nepal
faced the prospect of renewed conflict in January 2006, when armed followers
of the Maoist faction of the Communist Party of Nepal ended a four-month
unilateral ceasefire. The Maoists launched their armed rebellion against
the state in 1996 and ended their latest ceasefire in response to King
Gyanendra's failure to reciprocate. Nepalis living outside the capital,
Kathmandu, remain hostage to a climate of impunity that has evolved over
the last decade. They are caught between local Maoist commanders and a
security regime that has often operated beyond the confines of the law."
Between
Two Stones - Nepal's decade of conflict - IRIN Web Special, December
2005). |
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Nepal
is a country poised on the edge of the abyss. Seventy
percent of the territory of the Kingdom of Nepal is now under the control
of Maoist rebels.
Since
the Maoist uprising began in February 1996 more than 12,800 people have
been killed: 8,283 people were killed by the State and 4,582 by the Maoists
until November 2005. Among them were 2,027 agricultural workers, 141 teachers
and 14 journalists. Both
sides killed an almost equal number of children: 172 by the State and 169
by the Maoists Source: INSEC). According to last week's report from Human Rights Watch, Nepal has the
dubious distinction of recording more disappearances than any other nation
on earth. People living in outlying communities are particularly vulnerable
to forced recruitment and extortion by the insurgents on the one hand,
and indiscriminate reprisals by security forces on the other. The rule
of law has effectively been vanquished, with criminal elements now operating
in much of the nation.
The
physical and psycho-social effects of the conflict on children and women
will reverberate for years to come.
August
2006
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