Kathmandu: Ten years after the end of Nepal’s bloody civil war, the Himalayan republic has failed to punish perpetrators of human rights abuses during the conflict, a leading international watchdog said yesterday. New York-based Human Rights Watch blamed the Nepali government and political parties for continued “cynical stalling” on accountability for war crimes. “Every step of the way, what we see with the Nepali government and political parties is a willingness to sacrifice victims’ needs in order to promote their own interests,” Brad Adams, HRW’s Asia director, said in a statement.
