Here is one more news article from BBC online... which shows what both form of dictators are doing to nepalese..... if we want better democratic nepal... we should trust our democratic parties and force them to evolve.... educated nepalese should be more vocal towards preserving our democratic values and human rights..... I know democratic parties were reckless... but there is no difference in monarchy too... they are corrupt, they increased their so called bhatta once they got power.. they are torturing nepalese using army in name of maoist... looking at the future king's behavour matters looks more worst..... So, eventhough the political parties did not lead us to better nepal, we should force them to evolve, come up with better leadership... this is the only way we can save nepal's democratic values and human rights.... Once again, I am not supporter of any of so called 3 polar forces of nepal... i am a general nepali... trying to bring people together to fight for what is good for us.... 'Increase in Nepal torture cases' By Charles Haviland BBC correspondent in Kathmandu Maoist rebels Some torture victims end up joining the rebels A major group treating victims of torture in Nepal says it can barely cope with the number of people coming to it for help. It says figures for those tortured in Nepal have doubled each year since the start of a Maoist uprising in 1996. The Centre for Victims of Torture, Nepal (CVICT) says more than 1,800 cases have been referred this year. Over the past eight years, 17,000 cases of torture have been brought before the organisation. CVICT says these figures are just the tip of the iceberg. Its head, Dr Bhogendra Sharma, listed 38 varieties of torture commonly used in Nepal. He said most victims were poor and often wrongly accused by the authorities of being Maoists. Many such cases prompted previously non-political victims to join the rebels, he said, adding that one female Maoist battalion consisted entirely of rape victims. But he said the Maoists had taken up torture themselves and regularly broke people's arms and legs. Disappearances Nepal now has more political disappearances than any other country and Dr Sharma said people who disappeared had often been tortured to death. He said that although some senior police were against the practice, security forces committing it enjoyed total impunity and no one had ever been indicted on a torture charge. Torture was widespread even before the conflict, but Dr Sharma said that although many of today's politicians were tortured before the advent of democracy in 1990, none were now speaking out against it. Although Nepal has signed the UN convention against torture, it has never been enshrined in the country's law, and CVICT is working to change this.