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Human Rights – 2007

The human rights situation deteriorated in 2007. According to the INSEC report, violent armed groups emerged in the Tarai region and non-state actors were actively engaged in human rights violations. In 2007, the non-state actors killed 514 people. This figure includes 15 who had been killed by the Maoists. During the same period, the state killed 37 people.¹ The INSEC also reported that Maoists were involved in activities like abduction and extortion.

1. Ibid; “Secretary General’s Report to the Security Council,” United Nations (S/2007/612), October 18, 2007.