Expect NOT a single human rights organisation in Nepal to condemn this murder. Expect too NOT a single media outlet in Nepal to condemn this murder. Expect also NOT a single card-carrying member of the Nepali Civil Society Sphere to issue words of condemnation. Rawal dies, and becomes a one-day news item, and that's it. BUT If Rawal had been a journalist, even a minor one, then, everyone from Reporters Sans Frontiers to various factions of so-called 'Peace Journalism' brigade (the latest cottage industry in Nepal), and columnists of every stripe in Nepal would have jumped up and down by now -- demanding an apology from the Maoists. [And the Maoists, after a day or two of silence, would have issued their boilerplate apology, only to move on to kill their next target! And so it would go!] May Rawal's soul rest in peace!! oohi ashu ***** Vice President of Maoist Victims? Association shot dead KOL Report KATHMANDU, Jan 3 - Suspected Maoists have shot dead the Vice President of Maoist Victims? Association (MVA) at a busy market area of Kathmandu Monday evening. Although the exact location of the shooting still remains unclear, local people in Bangemudha are reported to have rushed Vice President of the MVA Jaya Bahadur Rawal to hospital after they found him struggling in pain. Rawal was shot twice from close range and died while on his way to hospital. Other details are not yet clear. He is the second person of the MVA to be killed. Last year, President of MVA Ganesh Chiluwal was also killed by the Maoists in Kathmandu. The MVA has been launching campaigns against the Maoist atrocities. (rk)