Homeless Maoist Victims Evicted
What is affected
Type of violation Forced eviction
Date 01 June 2006
Region A [ Asia ]
Country Nepal
Location Kathmandu

Affected persons

Total 80
Men 0
Women 0
Children 0
IDPs
Proposed solution Nepal is a State Party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Details
Development
Forced eviction
Costs

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)
State
Brief narrative Source: COHRE Global Survey
In June 2006, police evicted members of the Maoist Victims Association who had created a camp in Kathmandu. Approximately 150 police officers forced the people into vans and arrested 80 persons during the operation. The Maoist Victims Association is an organisation of people who have been internally displaced due to Maoist violence during their conflict with the Government of Nepal.329

Nepal police evict homeless from makeshift camp’, Rajdhani, (6 June 2005),
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/mediamonitor/article_1006106.php/Nepal_police_evict_homeless_from_makeshift_camp_reports_daily

COHRE Global Survey 2003-2006 found at http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/Global_Survey_10.pdf
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