Nepal: Compensate the Oppressed

An interview with a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal

Rupesh Silwal (rooproop)

Nepal’s interim parliament has declared the country “discrimination free” but no impact at the local level has been observed. Dalits still cannot gain access to social and political sectors and their rights are limited in black and white terms. They are the poorest of the poor.

In this interview, a leader of Nepal’s second largest political party Madhav Kumar Nepal, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) says, “We do not bear atrocities, exploitation and suppression. Those are prevailing since centuries among Dalits. They should be entitled compensation and their rights established.” Click here for full text of the interview >>> Nepal: Compensate the Oppressed