NEPAL. ARMY TO BLAME FOR WIDESPREAD DISAPPEARANCES - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Nepal's army, which backed King Gyanendras February 1 [2005] seizure of power, is responsible for widespread enforced disappearances and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said. In the course of their nine-year battle with Maoist rebels, "Nepali security forces have established themselves as one of the worlds worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances," the group said in a report. It said local human rights groups had recorded more than 1,200 disappearances in the past five years alone. 
"Given the scale of disappearances we have documented, the heightened role of the army after the kings seizure of power is frightening," said Brad Adams, Asia director of the New York-based group.
In many cases, particularly where the victims have been missing for years, "it is likely that they were the victims of extrajudicial execution while in the custody of the security forces," the report said, adding that only in one case had the death been officially confirmed.