Maoists ahead in human rights violation: INSEC

April 9, 2001
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Kathmandu, April 9: Informal Sector Service Center, a human rights group says the Maoists have violated more human rights than the government. The Human Rights Year Book-2000 released by INSEC Monday in Kathmandu says Maoist rebels have outnumbered the government in human rights in 2000. Of the total 397 deaths in 2000, rebels killed 218 while police killed 179. Since the beginning of 2001, 90 people were killed, in which the share of Maoist rebels is more than 75 per cent. Subodh Raj Pyakurel, general secretary of INSEC said Maoists are ahead of the government in terms of numbers killed as well as the nature (cruelty) of the killings, briefing media persons on the book. However, the trend in human rights violation is increasing compared to previous years by both state as well as non-state parties.

INSEC has been publishing Human Rights Year Book annually since 1992 compiling human rights cases in all 75 districts of the country. The book states that there were 7349 cases of human rights violations in 2000. Of these, cases of human rights violations by the state are 3795, while those by non-state parties were 3550. The most cases of human rights violation are related to arbitrary arrest and personal security.

According to Pyakurel, the book contains primary sources of information only. “We have presented what we saw and found”, said the general secretary. He also did not claim that information contained in the book were 100 per cent accurate. “The accuracy level of the information incorporated in the book is above 90 per cent”, says Pyakurel. The main highlight of this year’s publication is conflict analysis and its resolution. “We have analysed the causes of Maoists insurgency and presented some suggestions for the resolution of this conflict”, he said. “The military power of insurgents has increased tremendously and the government cannot control the insurgency by the use of force even if it used army”, Pyakurel opined.