Full Coverage: Nepal

07/27/2005 Amnesty International ha denunciato che migliaia di bambini in tutto il Nepal stanno subendo violenze e gravi abusi in un brutale conflitto interno che vede contrapposti, da nove anni, i ribelli maoisti e le forze di sicurezza. Nel suo rapporto "Nepal: bambini coinvolti nel conflitto", l’organizzazione per i diritti umani sottolinea che "i bambini nepalesi sono uccisi, detenuti illegalmente, torturati, stuprati, rapiti e reclutati per attività militari e accusa ambedue le parti in conflitto di violare i diritti fondamentali dei bambini". Entrambe le parti in conflitto sono responsabili dell’uccisione di bambini: le forze di sicurezza hanno ucciso bambini sospettati di coinvolgimento con i maoisti, mentre questi ultimi hanno rapito e ucciso figli di personale delle forze di sicurezza e causato la morte di molti bambini bombardando deliberatamente infrastrutture civili e abbandonando ordigni esplosivi improvvisati in aree civili.

07/20/2005 In a joint statement, twelve international organisations, including eight IFEX members, have called on all sides of the Nepalese conflict to end attacks and harassment of journalists in the country. The organisations have expressed "grave concern that since 1 February, press freedom and freedom of expression in the country has significantly deteriorated, despite the lifting of the State of Emergency in April."

07/20/2005 UNESCO and twelve other organisations including media groups met high government officials,civil society representatives and media proffesionals of Nepal in order to end all censorship and attacks on the journalists and grant them the freedom of press.

07/15/2005 Despite poverty, poor governance, and a decade of insurgency, small initiatives in Nepal's energy sector are bringing big results. While the planned "mega" projects have stalled, their "micro" counterparts have been successful in bringing eco-friendly energy to Nepal's large remote areas.

07/13/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 13 (OneWorld) - International agencies must take immediate steps to protect people fleeing Nepal's nine-year guerilla war or they will see the country engulfed in a humanitarian crisis, refugee advocates have warned.

07/13/2005 Nepal's human rights situation has improved only superficially despite the lifting of the state of emergency.

07/13/2005 The decade-long conflict in Nepal has displaced thousands of civilians and the difficulties in accessing rural areas have stalled an effective response. Cooperation between organizations and with the government is necessary to ensure the current situation does not devolve into a humanitarian crisis, explains Refugees International.

07/12/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 12 (OneWorld) - Edmund Hillary--who with his local guide Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953 became the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest--is urging that the world's highest mountain be classified an endangered site.

07/09/2005 As part of the United Nations' ongoing effort to help find a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nepal, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending his Special Adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, to meet with top officials in the strife-torn Himalayan kingdom.

07/09/2005 From 10 to 16 July 2005, representatives of nine international institutions, including UNESCO, global media associations, freedom of expression advocates and media development organizations, will be visiting Nepal to discuss freedom of expression and media rights issues.

07/05/2005 Forced recruitment of children has now become widespread in Nepal's remote hills as the Maoists recruit "whole-timers," or WTs. Every rural family is forced to send one member as a WT and in many cases it is usually the child who has to join the Maoists.

07/04/2005 Nepal FM radios to defy ban, broadcast protest plans Nepal’s private FM radio stations at Kathmandu have decided to defy a ban on news broadcasts .