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Prisoner Release: Comprehensive Peace Agreement

Implementations

Prisoner Release – 2006

The Informal Sector Service Center reports that the government withdrew its charges under the Terrorist and Destructive Activities Ordinance (TADO) on 25 May, after parliament was restored. Subsequently, they decided to release all the Maoist prisoners. The release of these prisoners started the following day. The government made these decisions with the hopes that they would create an environment conducive to dialogue. After releasing the prisoners, on 26 May 2006, the first round of discussions began. The discussions were successful as both sides reached a 25-point ceasefire code of conduct on the first day.[fn]”Human Rights Yearbook 2007,” Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), 2007.[/efn_note]

Prisoner Release – 2007

Prisioners were released in 2006. According to the US State Department Human Rights Practice Report, there were political prisoners in Nepal at the beginning of the year but all of them were released by the end of the year.¹

“2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- Nepal,” US State Department, 2007, accessed August 8, 2011, http://www.state.gov.