Open letter regarding human rights violations by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Index Number: ASA 31/165/2004
Date Published: 16 September 2004
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Nepal

In this letter, Amnesty International expresses its concern about recent abductions by members of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist). It gives the names of several people reportedly taken captive and whose fate or whereabouts remain uncertain as well as providing background information, from newspaper reports, about the abduction of several thousand citizens.