This report summarizes the findings of an Amnesty International visit to Nepal from 10 to 16 February 2005. The delegation, led by Secretary General Irene Khan, assessed the impact of the state of emergency on a rapidly deteriorating human rights situation, as the “people’s war” declared by the CPN (Maoist) on 13 February 1996 entered its tenth year. The key conclusions of the mission are that the state of emergency has strengthened the hand of the military, reduced the prospect of a political process towards peace and increased the likelihood of escalated conflict, with a consequent risk of increased human rights abuses.
