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Amnesty says Nepal's political unrest creates human rights crisis
Amnesty International says Nepal's six-year conflict pitting Maoists against government forces has unleashed a human rights crisis, with abuses committed on both sides.
It says abductions, disappearances, torture and unlawful killings have been carried out by both parties in the fighting and the situation has got worse since peace talks broke down and a state of emergency was declared last November.
Scores of civilians are likely to be among the 1,300 suspected Maoists killed by the security forces and the Maoists have killed more than 440 civilians believed to be enemies of the revolution.
More than 2,700 people have died since the Maoists launched their violent struggle for a communist republic in Nepal in 1996.
About a third of the deaths have come since the rebels broke a four-month ceasefire in late November. Shortly afterwards, the government imposed emergency rule and deployed the army to fight them.
04/04/2002 13:37:29 | ABC Radio Australia News
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