UN asks Maoists to stop rights abuses http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a79a8642-bdea-4445-9fd3-20087b56b3ef&&Headline=UN+asks+Maoists+to+stop+rights+abuses
October 16, 2007 Press Trust Of India Kathmandu, October 16, 2007
Concerned over use of violence by Nepal Maoists, the United Nations has asked them "to stop acts of abduction, extortion and threats", and "respect full range of human rights".
In a meeing with Maoist chief Prachanda and senior leader Baburam Bhattarai on Monday, a top UN rights official expressed concern to the use of violence, intimidation and abduction carried out by the Maoist cadres. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a79a8642-bdea-4445-9fd3-20087b56b3ef&&Headline=UN+asks+Maoists+to+stop+rights+abuses