Democracy For Nepal

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Leahy Amendment Says No Arms To Nepal

There is the jungle raj like in Nepal, and there is rule of law. America is supposed to be about rule of law. The Leahy amendment makes it absolutely clear the US may not resume military aid to Nepal.

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The US did suspend military assistance. What I was talking about yesterday, was that there is a specific provision in U.S. law which prohibits us from engaging with military units that have been involved in human rights abuses. It’s called the Leahy amendment and it is one that is very careful watched. We really hope that it will raise the level of human rights sensitivity within the military.

What is this fascist propaganda that the US is set to resume military aid to Nepal?

US could restore arms supplies to Nepal: Report NepalNews
US to restore arms supplies to Nepal Daily News & Analysis, India The difference flows out of American view of Maoists as terrorists and India's belief that the Nepali Maoists must be brought to the mainstream and should not be treated just as terrorists...... US ambassador to Nepal, James F Moriarty, has been at the forefront advocating the US policy, which is appeasing the Nepali monarch ...... “What do you gain by giving material to the Royal Nepal Army? Some more people would be killed and then the Americans will go home” ...... Camp told reporters at a press conference. “The second legal aspect is that the Leahy amendment prohibits financing security assistance to Nepal until Nepal has returned to democracy and certain conditions on human rights have been fulfilled.”

The US ambassador to Nepal does not have the option to resume military aid. He is bound by US law to not resume military aid. If anything, the human rights situation has only worsened since the Leahy amendment came into effect.

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There is no official word from either the US State Department, the Pentagon, or the US embassy in Nepal on this topic. So I am inclined to treat this guff as mere rumour, probably false because there are very clear legal implications involved.

The fascists in Nepal don't deserve arms. They deserve jail time.

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