[January 01, 2006] Royal Nepalese army lists guerrillas' atrocities Tweet (Comtex Energy Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)KATHMANDU, Jan 2, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The first annual report of the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) Human Rights Cell, RNA Human Rights Report 2005, came out on Monday with a listing of guerrillas' atrocities and army's clarification on accusations of rights abuse, extra-judicial killings, disappearances and the like against it. The report has recorded 10,725 abductions and 72 killings by the guerrillas during the last six months of 2005. It also recorded 65 cases of explosion, 40 cases of extortion and looting, and 30 cases of threatening by the guerrillas in the same period. Citing an Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) source, the report stated the country has already incurred financial losses worth 1,095 million US dollars due to the domestic conflict. The report also said that the guerrillas have destroyed 1,825 village buildings, 35 telecommunication towers, 420 post offices, 540 police posts and six hydro-power plants till date. The fresh data in the report stated that 4,404 guerrillas, 371 army men, 297 civil policemen, 15 personnel of the National Investigation Department and 579 civilians were killed within a year after the ceasefire was broken on Aug. 27, 2003. The report said that the RNA released 2,145 people taken into custody, handed over 751 to the police and civil administration for legal proceedings. About 159 are still in custody till April 13, 2005. It said the RNA has given clarification on 717 out of 1,367 cases of disappearances listed by the National Human Rights Commission, while investigation is still going on into the rest 650 cases. RNA has punished at least 100 army men found guilty of rights abuse, the report added. Over 12,000 Nepalese people have been killed since the anti- government insurgency took place in the Himalayan kingdom in February 1996. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]