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There is also an urgent human rights crisis in Nepal that requires international action. The record on disappearances and extra-judicial killings is one of the world's worst. Hundreds of political figures and activists have been detained, and protests have been violently suppressed.

An expanded campaign against the Maoists by the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is likely to result in worsening abuses while offering no realistic chance of defeating the insurgency or reaching a negotiated solution. At the same time, the government is vulnerable to external pressure because it is heavily dependent on foreign aid.

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Don't count on the BBC to give you the full unvarnished truth about the former British colonial countries of Africa and Asia. Take a look at what the local and progressive media are saying.

[ 15 November 2005: Message edited by: M. Spector ]