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NPL 002 / 0607 / OBS 061 Harassment Nepal June 5, 2007
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following (…)
, by CHENG Eva
Nepalese PM Girija Prasad Koirala has vowed to amend the country’s constitution to meet the key demands of Madheshi protesters from the country’s southern plains, BBC News reported on February 8. He pledged to introduce a federal system of governance and more representation of the southern (…)
, by NANDRON
NORTH AMERICAN NETWORK FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NEPAL (NANDRON)
North American Network for Democratic Republic of Nepal (NANDRON) is deeply concerned over the violent situation in Terai and expresses its solidarity with the common people of Terai, and renounces the violence and (…)
, by RAMAN J. Sri
No ruling class or elite parts with power peacefully. Nepal is offering the latest illustration of a lesson that students of history learn from the story of every revolution.
Just over a fortnight ago, the sun of democracy seemed to have dawned at last on the snow-bound Himalayan (…)
, by MUSA Arnaldo
Recent events in Nepal cast a shadow over the peace agreement that the rebel chieftain Prachenda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala signed last November and subsequently implemented, regardless of the former’s spot-on remark that such arrangement highlighted “the Nepalese’s victory over (…)
, by BIDWAI Praful
Amidst Chinese president Hu Jintao’s visits to India and Pakistan, themselves important, we risk trivialising the far greater, indeed momentous, change now under way in another South Asian country: Nepal. This past Tuesday, a guerrilla movement there did something unprecedented: it signed (…)
, by SRI RAMAN J.
“Maoists would get very few votes if elections are held in the present context.” This is not a line from any media prognosis of the outcome of a poll in Nepal, limping back to peace. Nor is it a quote from any politician in the Himalayan state, whose people have high stakes in the success of (…)
, by CHENG Eva
Under an historic November 8 agreement between the ruling Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the Maoists will dissolve their parallel government by November 26 and join an interim government that will be set up no later than December 1. The CPN(M) waged a (…)
, by BBC
Nepal’s rebel leader, Prachanda, has said the Maoists will use politics not violence to “meet the aspirations of the people’s longing for peace”.
Nepalese politicians along with giant neighbour India and the US and UK have welcomed the peace accord between the government and the rebels.
The (…)
, by CPN (M), SPA (Nepal)
Respecting the mandate expressed in favour of democracy, peace and forward movement through the historical struggles and revolutions staged frequently by Nepali people since pre-1950 era till the present, Reconfirming full commitment to the 12-point understanding between the seven political (…)
, by Haank
Nepal is a multi-religious, multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-ethnic country. Parliament proclaimed Nepal a secular state [earlier this year], while the 1990 constitution had defined Nepal as a Hindu country.
There are more tribal and indigenous communities in Nepal than Hindus, (…)
, by PRACHANDA, VERMA Anand Swaroop
Q. Did you ever anticipate that within 10 years of initiating the People’s War it would reach such a great height?
A. I would like to tell you that towards the last leg of our preparations for launching the People’s War, we did discuss about the progress sequence of Nepalese People’s War. The (…)
, by CHENG Eva
On June 16, Nepal’s governing Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the rebel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which has been waging an anti-monarchy, anti-landlord guerrilla war since 1996, reached agreement to form an interim government that would include the CPN(M), and to declare soon the date (…)
, by CHANDRA Pratyush, CPI (ML) Liberation, VARMA Daya
Whither Nepal: Will the New Deal Bring a New Dawn? Editorial, “Liberation”, July, 2006 Propelled by the enormous power of an awakened people, events continue to move with stunning swiftness in Nepal. The 237-year-old feudal monarchy, which seemed to be in control of Nepal till the other day (…)
, by LAL C.K., Newspapers, PRACHANDA
Six articles and interview from Nepal.
Room for few more
EDITORIAL
THE HIMALAYAN TIMES
Tuesday June 27, 2006 The meetings between top Maoists and leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) against the backdrop of the current misapprehension over the 8-point agreement constitute a (…)
, by DIXIT Kanak Mani
Two astounding months have crushed a king and put Maoists into office. Nepal’s political world has turned upside down. But the people are still ahead of those seeking to govern them, says Kanak Mani Dixit.
A delicate experiment is underway in Nepal in the wake of the success of the (…)
Srimati Sushma Baidhya, wife of arrested Maoist leader of Nepal Shri Mohan Baidhya and their two daughters Chetana and Srijana met Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) and Bandimukti Committee (BMC) on 18.6.06 and 20.6.06 respectively at their offices.
They requested (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Situala, Prachanda sit to resolve issues
KATHMANDU: Monday, June 12,2006
Home Minister and head of the government negotiating team, Krishna Prasad Sitaula on Sunday met Maoist Chairman Prachanda alias Puspa Kamal Dahal in a village in Kaski district, western Nepal.The meeting, which lasted (…)
, by CHENG Eva
Having been revived after four years on the back of a mass people’s movement, on May 18 Nepal’s parliament proclaimed a series of measures to downgrade the power of the country’s king. However, the measures stopped short of abolishing the monarchy, as many participants in the movement had (…)
Their fists raised in the air and clutching red flags, An estimated 200,000 people packed the Martyrs grounds in the center of Katmandu and surrounding streets, chanting: ``Get rid of the royal regime! We want a republic state!’’
KATHMANDU , Fri Jun 2, 2006 Tens of thousands of people (…)
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