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NEPAL: Children Devastated by Raging Armed Conflict

CRINMAIL 647
[Kathmandu, 26 January 2005] - The raging armed conflict in Nepal is devastating the nation's young people, who are being killed, maimed and subjected to many other violations of their security and rights, according to a new report by the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. The report, "Caught in the Middle: Mounting Violations Against Children in Nepal's Armed Conflict," documents the dangerous reality for children in Nepal, which has been deteriorating since the end of the cease-fire in 2003 and calls for immediate action to stop these abuses and an end to impunity enjoyed by those who commit them.

The report calls for immediate action to stop the spectrum of violations against children in the context of armed conflict, including killing, maiming, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools, abduction, trafficking, forced labour, underage recruitment into fighting forces, forced displacement, death and injury from landmines, and others.

Watchlist's report presents the most comprehensive assessment to date on the situation of children caught in armed conflict in Nepal. It provides the international community, and particularly the UN Security Council, with detailed evidence of abuses being committed against children by both parties to the armed conflict.

For more information, contact: Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict c/o Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children 122 East 42nd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10168-1289, US Tel: + 1 212 551 3111; Fax: + 1 212 551 3180 Email: watchlist@womenscommission.org Website: http://www.watchlist.org

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