OHCHR condemns killing of NSP leader

January 23, 2006
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The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal has condemned the killing of Bijay Lal Shrestha, Dhanusha district chairman of Nepal Sadbhawana Party (NSP), by suspected Maoists on Sunday.

“OHCHR-Nepal condemns and calls on the leadership of the CPN (Maoist) to condemn the killing of Bijay Lal Das, chairman of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party in Dhanusha district and candidate for mayor of Janakpur in the municipal elections scheduled for 8 February, to state whether it was committed by cadres of its Party; and if so to hold accountable those responsible for the killing,” an OHCHR press statement issued on Monday said.

It quoted Ian Martin, head of the OHCHR-Nepal, as saying, “I urge the leadership of the CPN (Maoist) to state publicly and to all its cadres that it is against the policy of the Party for any unarmed civilian to be killed, including candidates and officials in the municipal elections.”

The UN rights agency also stated that it had been seeking further information about the killing of the NSP leader.

Suspected Maoist gunmen had shot him dead in front of his party office in Janakpur.