Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) presented a study showing that over 11000 lives have been claimed by nine years of insurgency in Nepal.

Nepal News has reported that while violence continued to escalate in the western and far-western region this week, a leading human rights group—that is monitoring the situation of human rights since the launching of the Maoist insurgency more than nine years ago—has said over 10,800 Nepalis have lost their lives so far.

According to Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), a total of 10,832 people have lost their lives due to the insurgency until December 21 this year. INSEC has been compiling the record of human rights violation/abuse in the country since the launching of the Maoist ‘people’s war’ in February 1996. The organization also publishes Human Rights Year book by monitoring the situation of human rights in the country.

According to INSEC, of the 10,832 people killed, 7,080 people were killed by the state while 3,752 people were killed by the Maoist rebels. Over 1,600 security personnel have lost their lives during this period, the organization said.

According to INSEC, over 3,800 people have lost their lives since the breakdown of second round of peace negotiations between the government and Maoist rebels in August last year. The rebels walked out of peace negotiations at Hapure in Dang blaming the government of not being sincere towards peace negotiations.

The government, on its part, has alleged the rebels of not being sincere towards peace talks and using the period of truce for regrouping and preparing for future offensive.

As both the sides continue to blame each other, the conflict continues to cost over eight lives per day since the breakdown of the talks, according to INSEC

While this internal strife continues to affect 74 of the 75 districts of the country, local leadership has been resistant to implement anything beyond superficial changes and international focus has been almost completely absent.

However, as past reports have pointed out, international players continue to profit from the chaos in Nepal.

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