2007年VOA标准英语-Nepal's Young Communist League Rejects Abuse Ch
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By Liam CochraneKathmandu
26 June 2007
Nepal's Young Communist League has rejected a report from the United Nations accusing it of human rights violations2. The group's leader says it is working to eliminate corruption4 and crime that the police have failed to tackle. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu.
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| Young Communist League members |
But recently, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner6 for Human Rights in Nepal investigated dozens of abductions, which sometimes included beatings and forcing people to hand over money or land. It says the YCL has violated human rights in many cases.
The leader of the YCL in Kathmandu, who goes by the alias7 Sagar, disagrees with the U.N. over what constitutes a human rights violation1.
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| YCL chief, Sagar |
He also accuses rights agencies such as the U.N.'s human rights office of supporting the allegedly corrupt3 people the YCL targets.
While U.N. officials acknowledge that the police have been unable to establish order in Nepal since the end of the civil war last year, they say rights must be protected.
"We would still argue that whatever is done has to be within the law and within human rights principles and what we have seen is in clear violation of those principles," said Sandra Beidas, the protection officer at the U.N. office for human rights.
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| YCL members hand out pamphlets during campaign launched 26 Jun 2007 |
Beidas says any group that interferes10 with people's right to assemble is a threat to the coming Constituent11 Assembly elections. She says, however, that other militant12 groups in the southern districts also are causing problems and are hurting stability.
In November, Nepal voters will elect a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution and decide whether to keep the monarchy13.
The YCL's Sagar says his organization is committed to ensuring a free and fair election and will make sure those with "money and muscle" do not manipulate the vote.
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| YCL members in central Kathmandu, 26 Jun 2007 |
Nepal's decade-long civil war ended last year with a peace deal between the rebel Maoists and mainstream15 political parties.
The United Nations has set up a special mission in Nepal to monitor the Maoist army and their weapons, and to assist with elections.
