Nepal: Whether the United People's Front (UPF) is affiliated with other parties or is composed of smaller communist parties (January 1997 - December 2000)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 18 December 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NPL35760.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nepal: Whether the United People's Front (UPF) is affiliated with other parties or is composed of smaller communist parties (January 1997 - December 2000), 18 December 2000, NPL35760.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be8510.html [accessed 17 May 2023] |
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A 31 January 1997 Amnesty International article states that the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) has a political wing, the United People's Front (Samyukta Jana Morcha, SJM).
A 2 July 1998 IPS article states that the UPF is the "political wing of the revolutionary Maoists."
The Europa World Year Book 2000 states that the UPF is Maoist and "involved in 'people's war' in hills of west Nepal (2644)."
No information on whether the UPF is linked to parties other than the CPN (Maoist), or whether it is composed of smaller parties, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Amnesty International. March 1997. Nepal: Human Rights Violations in the Context of a Maoist 'People's War'." London: Amnesty International. (AI Index: ASA 31/01/97)
The Europa World Year Book 2000. 2000. 41st ed. Volume II. London: Europa Publications Limited.
Inter Press Service (IPS). 2 July 1998. Rita Manchanda. "Women Caught Between Ultra-Left and Police Terror."
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB databases
NEXIS/LEXIS
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International
Human Rights and the Peoples War in Nepal
Human Rights Watch
Nepal Home Page Government and Political Directory
Nepal Information Centre
NepalNews.com
Revolutionary Worker Online: Report from the Peoples War in Nepal
South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre
World News Connection
