KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order preventing the implementation of the government's decision to declare a public holiday on the 1st day of the month of Phalgun as People's War Day. This date commemorates the initiation of the decade-long armed insurgency initiated by the then CPN (Maoist) with the aim of establishing a communist republic in Nepal.
Five conflict victim organisations have sought an immediate meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stating that they are the rightful stakeholders of Nepal’s longstanding Transitional Justice process. So far, he has met only two former warring sides.
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