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NEPAL Archives
December 28, 2007
Nepal's provisional parliament approved a motion to abolish the monarchy on Friday, as part of negotiations with former Maoist rebels to underpin a fragile peace deal.
December 24, 2007
NEPAL is to abolish its monarchy after rebels today agreed to rejoin the government in a deal to end the country's long-running peace deadlock, a senior minister said.
September 18, 2007
Maoists quit government in blow to Nepal peace pact...
June 27, 2007
The snow storm is said to have hit a mountainous area where hundreds of people had gathered to collect an herb locally known as Yarshagumba, which is thought to increase sex drive.
November 21, 2006
Impoverished Nepal entered a new era after Maoist rebels and the government signed a peace deal ending more than a decade of civil war that has claimed at least 12,500 lives.
November 7, 2006
An interim government containing Nepal's rebel Maoists will be formed by the beginning of December, negotiators said, after a breakthrough in the country's six-month-old peace process.
"The current parliament and National Assembly will be dissolved and an interim parliament will be formed by November 26. The interim government including the Maoists will be formed by December 1," Hridayesh Tripathi, minister of commerce, told AFP.
September 3, 2006
Nepal's Maoist leader warned of mass protests in the streets of the capital Kathmandu if rebel demands for the election of a body to rewrite the country's constitution were not met.
June 17, 2006
Prospects for peace rose in April after weeks of street protests forced King Gyanendra to surrender most of his power and reinstate parliament. It is expected the Maoists will shortly join the government and elections will be called for the constituent assembly, which will adopt a new constitution and decide whether to retain what has been reduced to a largely ceremonial monarchy.
May 20, 2006
A top U.N. diplomat called May 19 for a cease-fire agreement between the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels. Samuel Tamrat, an adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said the Maoists want U.N. supervision of the Nepalese peace process.
May 17, 2006
The Nepalese government is preparing a sweeping new law that will leave King Gyanendra little more than a figurehead as little more than a figurehead and may prevent his unpopular son from succeeding him.
Nepal lawmakers to propose curbs on royal powers
Nepal lawmakers to propose curbs on royal powers
Under pressure from renewed street protests, lawmakers are expected to propose the changes in parliament on Thursday, providing a downpayment to Maoist rebels ahead of promised elections to a constituent assembly.
Demonstrations swept across Kathmandu again this week after the seven-party alliance failed to present the promised ordinance in parliament on Monday, apparently due to differences between members of the governing coalition.
May 6, 2006
WILL NEPAL’S KING BE CHARGED WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY?...
April 30, 2006
The struggle to create a Democratic Republic in Nepal has surprised the world.
April 26, 2006
Crumbling under three weeks of relentless anti-monarchy protests, the king ended 14 months of direct rule on Monday and agreed to let the seven parties implement their road map for peace in Nepal.
April 24, 2006
Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra has agreed to reinstate Parliament, in an effort to end weeks of unrest by opponents to his absolute rule.
April 23, 2006
8- PARTY ALLIANCE (EPA) MEET TO FORM REPUBLIC OF NEPAL...
April 21, 2006
Nepal’s besieged God-King, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shaw went on nation-wide television and radio Friday in a desperate attempt to save the Monarchy.
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Nepal's King Gyanendra, facing sweeping anti-monarchy protests, says he is handing over political power to the people and has asked the Opposition to choose a new prime minister.
But the King appeared to rule out any change of the constitution to curb his powers, which has been one of their demands.
April 20, 2006
Soldiers and police patrolled Nepal’s capital today as thousands of protesters from surrounding areas marched toward the city limits, where troops had orders to shoot on sight anyone breaking a curfew.
April 19, 2006
NEPAL’S “ORANGE REVOLUTION” HAS RAIN BREAK...
April 18, 2006
Journalist Kanak Mani Dixit was arrested in Kathmandu on 8 April for breaching the government-imposed curfew as he protested for democratic rights in Nepal.
Here he reports on conditions inside a detention centre near the capital , and the hardships faced in particular by the rural poor.
His column was smuggled out of jail.
April 17, 2006
Nepal's sidelined political parties called for a massive pro-democracy protest in the capital on Thursday and urged citizens to stop paying taxes and utility bills to help bring down the royal government.
If only Americans had that kind of spine. - M. R.
With defiance of royal rule spreading, security forces fatally shot a fifth protester Monday while King Gyanendra searched for a way out of a crisis that has plunged the Himalayan land into its worst turmoil since he seized absolute power 14 months ago.
April 16, 2006
WILL A BOWL OF CURD AND PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS END THE NEPALESE MONARCHY...
April 15, 2006
NEPAL’S KING MIDNIGHT CALL FOR ELECTIONS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
NEPAL’S KING MIDNIGHT CALL FOR ELECTIONS TOO LITTLE, TO LATE
NEPAL’S KING MIDNIGHT CALL FOR ELECTIONS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE NEPAL’S KING MIDNIGHT CALL FOR ELECTIONS TOO LITTLE, TO LATE...
April 12, 2006
Fourth Nepali killed by troops as protests flare...
April 9, 2006
ALL THE KING’S HORSES AND ALL THE KING’ MEN CAN’T PUT THE NEPALESE KINGDOM TOGETHER AGAIN...
April 7, 2006
HAS NEPAL’S ORANGE-REVOLUTION BEGUN ?...
Relinked at reader request. - M. R.
March 2, 2006
Instead of bringing new hope, 2006 seems poised to be one of the most turbulent years in Nepal with at least 41 people being killed in a single day.
February 23, 2006
Amnesty International today revealed how irresponsible military aid and arms supplies to Nepal from countries including the United States, India and the United Kingdom, have facilitated the killing, torture and abduction or "disappearance" of thousands of civilians.
February 15, 2006
Nepal – Visitors are advised to avoid travelling...
KATHMANDU, NEPAL remains tense as the 7-Party agitation against the
Monarchy gains strength and the Maoist continue to have success on the battle-field.
Sources within the Palace report the King and his family are preparing for exile.
The recent Municipal elections proved to be a rebuff to the Nepalese King and have been
denounced by the 7-Party Alliance, the Maoist, the UN and the International Community
as un-democratic.
February 13, 2006
Nepal's King Gyanendra will ultimately be exiled or executed because he has closed the door to any political compromise since seizing absolute power a year ago, the reclusive leader of the country's Maoist rebels said.
February 6, 2006
Politicians and pro-democracy activists detained by Nepal's royal government are being tortured and denied proper medical care, political parties alleged on Monday.
January 29, 2006
Nepal under reign of terror as king unleashes army to crush revolt...
January 27, 2006
Adventure travel and mountain-trekking specialists this week cancelled tours to Nepal after an escalation of civil unrest and violence prompted the Foreign Office to advise against all but essential travel to the country.
January 26, 2006
Nepal riot police out in force as parties launch national strike...
January 22, 2006
Nepal political parties call for nationwide strike...
January 21, 2006
Nepal Blocks Protest Rally With Arrests and Curfew...
January 17, 2006
Nepal's opposition parties have said they will defy a new government ban on political rallies in the capital.
January 12, 2006
Huge anti-king protest in Nepal...
November 24, 2005
Annan welcomes understanding reached between parties in Nepal...
October 29, 2005
A general strike shut down schools, businesses and transportation in the capital Friday in a protest of new laws restricting the media for criticizing Nepal's king.
October 22, 2005
Police Raid Nepal Private Radio Station...
October 17, 2005
FRENCH WOMAN STILL MISSING IN NEPAL AFTER SIX WEEKS...
If tourism collapses in Nepal, so will support for the King.
- M. R.
October 7, 2005
Nepalese government is in danger of collapse...
August 8, 2005
Nepal rebels claim major victory against gov't troops...
July 13, 2005
UN to take over Nepal, hold polls...
June 27, 2005
US WARNS NOT TO TRAVEL TO NEPAL...
June 21, 2005
Banned from broadcasting news since February's royal coup, Nepali radio reporters have found a new way to get their bulletins out: loudspeaker.
June 16, 2005
Amnesty International accused Britain, the United States and India Wednesday of facilitating human rights abuses in Nepal by selling the country weapons used against civilians in the nine-year Maoist revolt.
June 6, 2005
Nepal Bus Bombing Kills 38, Injures 71...
More covert US Interventionism. - M. R.
May 26, 2005
Nepali blogs cut through censorship...
May 23, 2005
PROTESTORS DEMAND RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL...
May 19, 2005
The Maoist insurgents have stepped up attacks across Nepal with reports of police and army being killed and wounded. The estimates of killed and wounded Maoist and Security Forces is usually supplied by tightly controlled State-run media and cannot be relied on. Despite promises of “ support in efforts to counter the Maoists” from the likes of visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca, and even with the latest weapons from the U.S., India, Belgium and the U.K., the U.S. trained Security Forces are losing ground to the well armed, well disciplined Maoists.
May 10, 2005
100 DAYS OF FASCISM IN NEPAL...
April 30, 2005
NEPALESE KING SUSPENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY...
April 28, 2005
NEPALI POLICE RESORT TO STORM-TROOPER TACTICS...
April 25, 2005
INDIAN ARMS FOR NEPAL ON HOLD...
LIFTING OF INDIAN ARMS EMBARGO ON NEPAL QUESTIONED...
April 22, 2005
In the main room at Radio Sagarmatha (Radio Everest) music from the live transmission wafts around as journalists joke.
But the buzz is missing. This used to be the newsroom. Nowadays journalists sit writing sports reports.
Security forces have detained more than 3,000 political prisoners since Nepal’s King seized power in February and many allegedly have been tortured, Amnesty International said on Thursday, citing local human rights groups.
"BUt, but, but, the Americans said this was okay!!" -- King Gyanendra - M. R.
April 21, 2005
NEPALI KING TOUTS BUSH DOCTRINE AT AFRO-ASIAN SUMMIT...
April 17, 2005
The KATHMANDU BUBBLE---SOUTH ASIA'S NEW SAIGON...
April 7, 2005
Village mobs rise in war-wracked Nepal...
Hong Kong based Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC), and the Kathmandu based Advocacy Forum formally presented a report, “ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ZERO RULE OF LAW IN NEPAL”, at the 61st. Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva on March 31st .
The 124-page report described how the rights of people in Nepal have been suspended, “as the rule of law has ceased to function”.
March 29, 2005
WITH OVER 1000 LEADERS AND ACTIVIST HAVING BEEN ARRESTED SINCE THE FEBRUARY-1 POWER GRAB BY THE KING OF THE HINDU-KINGDOM-OF-NEPAL.......THE DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOW NO SIGNS OF ABATING.
March 19, 2005
The streets of this once bustling S. Asian capital remain unusually quiet. Taxies, lorries, rickshaws and the thousands of motorcycles that usually ply the streets of Kathmandu are virtually absent. Tourist are few and hotels are empty.
March 8, 2005
Nepal's political parties launched their first major protest Tuesday against King Gyanendra's imposition of emergency rule, but truncheon-wielding police poured into the streets of the capital and arrested former lawmakers and ministers at the rally.
March 7, 2005
United States’ Interests and Goals in Nepal...
March 4, 2005
Nepal has extended the detention of opposition leaders by two months, officials said on Friday, ignoring international pressure on King Gyanendra to restore democracy in the Himalayan kingdom.
March 2, 2005
More than 70 Maoists have been killed in a fierce clash with Nepal's army, an official said as the foreign minister warned the world to accept the king's power grab or face a communist takeover of the Himalayan country.
Nepal's army, which backed King Gyanendra's February 1 seizure of power, is responsible for widespread enforced disappearances and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said.
February 27, 2005
At least 15 people, including a senior police officer, were killed in violence in Nepal, authorities said Sunday, a day after Maoists ended a crippling road blockade against King Gyanendra's power grab.
February 24, 2005
Nepal defiant on military aid cut...
February 22, 2005
India ends military aid to Nepal...
Britain halts military aid to Nepal...
Maoist rebels set off bombs in Nepal, 12 killed in fighting; highway blockade continues...
Seven Dead, 11 Injured in Nepal Clashes...
February 21, 2005
Seven dead, 11 injured in Nepal as Maoist rebels try to disrupt food, other supplies...
February 8, 2005
Over 1,000 political activists arrested in Nepal in the past week - opposition...
February 3, 2005
Nepalese King photo...
This appears to be the photo that kicked off concerns of an "Israeli flag".
- M. R.
February 1, 2005
State of emergency as Nepalese king fires ministers...
January 11, 2005
Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Nepal...
December 21, 2004
Strike Shuts Down Nepal as Rebel Violence Escalates...
September 22, 2004
Mass rally against Nepal's king...
September 15, 2004
Volunteers of the American Peace Corps have begun leaving villages in Nepal following a US embassy warning for their safety.
September 13, 2004
The US embassy in Nepal has asked Washington to allow staff families to return home for security reasons.
It has also asked for permission to suspend the Peace Corps programmes in the country.
Getting rid of witnesses?
- M. R.
September 1, 2004
Mosque attacked as Iraq killings jolt Nepal...
Frankly, the killings in Iraq happened just at a time when the Nepalese people were beginning to demand that Nepal stay out of the war. The current Regeant (by way of an assassination of the late King) is tightly linked to CIA, and it looks like the timing on the killings in Iraq is again just too convenient.
- M. R.
August 31, 2004
Are the executions of 12 Nepali more "Bergian" deceptions?...
August 30, 2004
Madison Conference Comes Out Against US Military Aid to Nepal...
Following the assassination of King Birenda of Nepal, the US wastes no time rushing in to support another puppet regime under the King's brother, a known drug smuggler. - M. R.
August 28, 2004
Twelve Nepalese held hostage in Iraq were shown on video footage on an Islamist website Saturday, with one of them reading a statement saying they had been misled into working there by “American lies”.
June 6, 2004
The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the country’s premier external intelligence agency, has now discovered that its missing Joint Secretary Rabinder Singh could have fled the country via Nepal on a United States passport.
May 8, 2004
King Gyanendra has accepted the resignation and consultations are under way to find a successor.
April 27, 2004
"Declare a republic! Put the king on trial!" some 6,000 demonstrators chanted in downtown Kathmandu, in some of the strongest language used in the daily protests urging a return to democratic rule.
