Nepal: Maoist Protests Peaceful, UN Observes

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 May 2010 – Today’s May Day protests staged by Maoists across Nepal have been organized and peaceful, with security forces also acting in a restrained manner, the United Nations human rights office in the country said today.

“Rights to peaceful assembly and speech were exemplified today,” said Richard Bennett, the Representative of the UN Human Rights Office in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal), calling for any further public protests to be held in…