That’s the title of a new report by Amnesty International concerning Nepal.

The government of Nepal should restore fundamental human rights, open a peace process based on justice and respect for human rights, protect human rights defenders and end the impunity of the security forces.

The Maoists should commit themselves to respect international human rights and humanitarian law.

The US, UK and India play a critical role as major allies of Nepal and key providers of military aid. AI calls on them to suspend all military assistance to the government of Nepal as a means of pressurising it to change its human rights policies.

AI is also calling on the international community to suspend military aid to the government of Nepal and to appoint a Special Rapporteur to scrutinize Nepal????????s human rights record.

They aren’t much in the position to make demands, however.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25 – The government is preparing to regulate human rights organizations including AmnestyInternational-Nepal (AI-N) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), news reports Friday said.The current government is disappointed with the exposure of the country????????s human rights situation in the international fora, according to a highly placed government source.

The Advocacy Project has released two recent bulletins here and here with lots of information.

Radio Free Nepal has the transcript of a student leader speaking out against the the government.