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Activists demand justice for Nepal's disappeared persons

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Press Trust of India Kathmandu
Last Updated : Aug 30 2014 | 6:05 PM IST
Hundreds of rights activists and civil society members today take out a rally here demanding justice to the persons who disappeared during the decade-long armed conflict in Nepal.
The activists hit the streets holding placards that read: 'Immediately form the commission on forced disappearance', 'Ratify convention on protection of forced disappearances' and 'Where are our brothers and sisters?'.
Every year on the International Day of the Disappeared, victims' families, and activists gather in Nepal to demand that the Nepal government reveal the fate and whereabouts of victims of enforced disappearance, and prosecute those suspected of committing them.
More than 1,300 people are believed to have disappeared during the armed conflict between Maoists and the State in Nepal between 1996 and 2006, according to Amnesty International.
The bloody conflict saw more than 16,000 people, mostly civilians, killed and thousands others displaced.

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First Published: Aug 30 2014 | 6:05 PM IST

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