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Nepal's
Civil War |
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December
2006
| Nepal's
Maoists stick to their guns |
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Even
after a recent peace agreement between Nepal's government and Maoist rebels,
the culture of violence that young Maoists have adopted over the years
remains a major social and security challenge.
The
agreement requires separation of arms and combatants, but many teenaged
rebels are unwilling to give up arms until utopian promises made by their
senior comrades come true.
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December
2006
| Nepal's
comrades tie a party knot |
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The
ceasefire between Nepal's government and the Maoist rebels appears to be
encouraging fighters to get married - in dedicated Maoist style, of course.
It
is evening in the hills. The sweet smell of herbs fills the air and the
shadows lengthen. In this small village, built on a hill, military men
and women, mostly young, troop into a school.
Some
wear camouflage fatigues, others garish T-shirts. Some carry rifles, others
are empty-handed.
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Oktober
2006
| Parallel
justice, Maoist style: A People's Court in progress |
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In
a large warehouse in the humid flatlands of western Nepal, portraits of
Lenin, Stalin and Mao adorn the walls, with communist slogans and a picture
of the Nepalese Maoist leader, Prachanda.
Until
recently this was a government cotton concern. Now it is used by the Maoists
as a 'People's Court' to dispense justice.
The
Maoists regard their court system as the heart of their 'People's Government',
running in parallel with the official government through much of the country.
If
current peace talks succeed, they may be asked to dismantle that government
- but for the moment they are hanging on to it tenaciously.
In
this court sit two judges and their clerks. On either side, on the floor,
two opposing families. And witnesses.
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Parallel
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August
2006
| Maoists
strive to win hearts and minds |
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Four
months into the ceasefire in Nepal, Maoist rebels and the army are preparing
to be confined in camps under United Nations monitoring.
The
Maoists are refusing to disarm completely. Indeed, there are fresh reports
of them abducting and even killing people in some places.
But
in other locations they are on a drive to win ordinary people's hearts
and minds. They have also started building camps in their own favoured
locations.
One
is a hilltop in the village of Muntang in the rugged hills of Palpa in
western Nepal.
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Maoists
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July
2006
| Interviews
with Maoist leaders |
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Pokhara
FM has published interviews with CPN(M) leaders Prachanda, Prabhakar, Dr
Baburam Bhattarai, as well as the General Secretary of CPN(UC-Masal), Mohan
Bikram Singh.
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June
2006
| Nepal
rebels still killing - US |
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The
US has accused Maoist rebels in Nepal of continuing to kill people despite
plans for them to join an interim government.
The
US says that the actions of the rebels are in mockery of a two-month-old
ceasefire.
Comments
by the US ambassador in Nepal follow similar complaints from the UN.
Ambassador
James Moriarty's speech was the US government's first public comment on
the events since the Maoists signed an accord with the government.
Violence
"Kidnappings,
extortion, intimidation and murder are not tools for mainstream democratic
political parties - which the Maoists claim they are becoming," said Mr
Moriarty.
The
US ambassador praised Nepalese people for forcing a return to democracy
through demonstrations in April.
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rebels still killing - US
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June
2006
| Nepal
Maoists 'will not disarm' |
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Maoist
rebels will continue to bear arms
Maoist
rebels in Nepal have said they will not lay down arms until elections are
held for a body which will draw up a new constitution.
A
rebel spokesman said they were ready to demobilise their fighters but would
not disarm them at the moment.
His
statement came a day after Nepal's home minister said the government would
not share power with the rebels until they had given up their weapons.
Both
sides clinched a landmark power-sharing deal last week.
Observers
say both the government and rebels are committed to the peace process,
but the issue of rebel arms could prove to be a major stumbling block.
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