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March
11
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Censorship:
Majority of newspapers outside Kathmandu have closed down
their publication and newspapers in Kathmandu are gradually cutting down
their pages due to emergency rule.
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Arms:
Pakistan has offered Nepal arms and hi-tech expertise to tackle
Maoists. Pakistan is also ready to share its high-tech expertise to deal
with the Maoist problem facing Nepal. |
March
13
2005
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ICRC:
The Delegate General for Asia and Pacific of the ICRC (International
Committee of the Red Cross) arrived in Nepal for talks with Nepali authorities
regarding the "humanitarian situation and ICRC's mandate and activities"
in Nepal, an ICRC statement said.
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Information blockade:
The information blockade imposed by the Royal
Government is sucessfull. For observers it is extremely difficult
to get information from reliable and independent sources.
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Clashes:
According to army sources, Maoist rebels were killed in separate
encounters with security forces in Ilam, Siraha and Arghakhanchi districts.
There is no confirmation from the Maoist side. |
March
14
2005
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Countrywide protests:
The Maoist rebels would step up countrywide protests
including transport blockades and strikes, Maoist leader Prachanda said
in a statement. The CPN-M chairman announced that the rebel forces would
also step up attacks on security forces to protest the king's move to suspend
democracy. He called for an 11-day nationwide strike from April 2, 2005.
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Human Rights:
Human rights groups have been stepped up their campaign
against detentions of political activists. |
March
15
2005
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Protests:
Mainstream political parties to launch fresh peaceful protests
against the King's power grab.
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Protests:
Maoists will allow parties opposed to the royal coup to conduct
their activities without any restrictions in the areas under their influence.
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Human Rights:
There is no need to appoint a UN special rapporteur to
monitor the rights situation in the country as being demanded by some international
rights groups, an UN officials said.
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Blockade:
Maoist rebels have torched four buses to mark the announcement
of a new transport blockade in Itahari district.
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Threats:
Nepalis of Indian origin are a frightened and a scared race
these days, so much so, that they are suddenly making their way back home
to India to escape a looming and menacing threat from Nepal's rebel Maoists
rebels.
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Human Rights:
Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey told the annual
session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva that Switzerland
was willing to contribute to a team of international human-rights experts.
Switzerland supported a proposal to condemn Nepal for human-rights abuses.
Switzerland,
which has been providing aid to Nepal for 40 years, was willing to support
efforts to end the crisis.
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Human Rights:
Nepal is on the agenda of the 61st session of the UN
Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva.
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UNCHR: A resolution at the annual session of the UN Commission on Human
Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva urges the Nepalese government to begin peace talks
with Maoist rebels fighting to impose a Communist republic, and to put
an end to arbitrary arrests. |
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March
17
2005 |
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Democracy:
U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Nepal to quickly
restore democracy.
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Maoist leadership:
A Maoist statement denied media reports saying that
Baburam Bhattarai, number two in the Maoist hierarchy, and his wife were
expelled from the Maoist movement.
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Crisis:
The US ambassador to Nepal has urged Nepal's King and mainstream
political parties to unite to end the country's political crisis. the present
situation could help the Maoist rebels. |
March
18
2005
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No peace talks:
The ruling council headed by the King is against holding
peace talks with Maoist rebels. the Maoists had become stronger when peace
talks were held.
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Violence: The violence between vigilantes and Maoists has killed 36,
ruining over 600 houses and displacing 20,000 people to the Indian border,
human rights activist say. |
March
19
2005
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Civilians:
The United Nations and bilateral donor agencies in Nepal
urge all parties to ensure that movement of supplies and vehicles intended
to alleviate the suffering of civilian populations are not restricted.
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Deal: Representatives of Nepali Congress, Nepali Congress (Democratic),
Nepal Communist Party (United Marxists-Leninists), People's Front Nepal
Party and the Nepal Sadbhavana Party meeting in Bangkok issued a joint
call to redraft the country's constitution through a constituent assembly.
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Mission: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) begins high-level
mission to Nepal to assess impact of state of emergency on human rights.
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Blockade: RNA began escorting vehicles moving in and out of the Kathmandu
valley as a largely-ignored road blockade called by Maoist rebels entered
its fifth day. "Things are normal on the highways without any reports of
incidents or roadblocks. There has been very little effect of the blockade,"
an Army spokesman said. |
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