Nepal at the Precipice. Brad Adams.
by Adams, Brad; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 60Human Relations. Publisher: Foreign Affairs, 2005ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Communism -- Nepal | Human rights -- Nepal | India -- Foreign relations -- Nepal -- Armed Forces | Nepal -- Politics and government | Nepal -- Royal family | U.S. -- Foreign relations -- Nepal | Violence -- AsiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Few are aware of the intensity of the civil war gripping this isolated Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between India and China....The conflict pits a backward-looking monarchy and an abusive army against rebel Maoists who--as if locked in a time warp--have called on 'the workers of the world' to unite behind their 'People's War.'" (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) The author, Director of the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, discusses the dismal human rights record of both sides in Nepal's civil war, noting "summary executions, torture, and arbitrary arrests and abductions are common. Human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists are routinely attacked for their work."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Nepal at the Precipice, Sept./Oct. 2005; pp. 121-134.
"Few are aware of the intensity of the civil war gripping this isolated Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between India and China....The conflict pits a backward-looking monarchy and an abusive army against rebel Maoists who--as if locked in a time warp--have called on 'the workers of the world' to unite behind their 'People's War.'" (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) The author, Director of the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, discusses the dismal human rights record of both sides in Nepal's civil war, noting "summary executions, torture, and arbitrary arrests and abductions are common. Human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists are routinely attacked for their work."
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