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Protesting Sen's death

   Dear all, If you wish to be included 30-Jun-02 ashu
      Sorry about that typo. The CORRECT em 30-Jun-02 ashu
        Ashu, thanks for this information on the 30-Jun-02 Paschim
          I think the reply of the prime minister 01-Jul-02 Biswo
            Ashu, thanks for the heads up. I echo P 01-Jul-02 kali's mom
              First of all a very big thank you to Ash 01-Jul-02 TFE
                With due apology to the genuine civic so 02-Jul-02 Kabi
                  <FONT FACE="Kantipur" SIZE=4><P>s[i0f;]g 02-Jul-02 Oops Kabi
                    Paschim et al, Thank you for your sup 03-Jul-02 ashu
                      I thought Kabi-ji's poetic talents are b 03-Jul-02 Paschim
                        nice one, Paschim ! 03-Jul-02 madhyamanchal
                          name one person who is currently in the 03-Jul-02 name one
                            The reason why people are protesting Sen 03-Jul-02 Biswo
                              http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/atankari/i 03-Jul-02 who is KS
                                i'm not interested in hearing rationales 03-Jul-02 answer don't rationalize
                                  Maobadiko matra kina maya? If all vic 03-Jul-02 junkiri
                                    How many of us have heard Human rights g 03-Jul-02 Biswo
                                      your point is there's no arguing with a 03-Jul-02 you've proved your point
                                        So your point is a murderer should be ki 03-Jul-02 your point?
 Ashuji, I wouldn't worry about cynici 03-Jul-02 Kabi
    I am outraged. Deuba's democratic creden 03-Jul-02 villageVoice
      you are incorrect. reread my original m 03-Jul-02 incorrect
        vv, i think that hmg has EVERY right 03-Jul-02 imprison convicts
          Kabi-ji, you sound like our dear old fri 03-Jul-02 Paschim
            People often redicule PM Deupa's visit t 03-Jul-02 Confused
              Hey guys, you are giving too much credit 04-Jul-02 Santa
                it is high time that we, as not so ignor 05-Jul-02 tiramisu
                  Paschim, you almost caught me. HeHeHe.. 05-Jul-02 Nepe
                    PUBLICÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ AI Index: ASA 31/049/2002 08-Jul-02 kahila
                      Maoists kill teacher ++++++++++++++++ 09-Jul-02 shocked student
                        Are any Kaviji ready to write poem: 09-Jul-02 shocked student
                          http://kantipuronline.com/kantipur_html/ 09-Jul-02 79290184
                            Umm.. Can I make a motherfwakingcomment? 09-Jul-02 Aroz
                              Maoists kill two civilians to avenge res 10-Jul-02 ???
                                Shocked student wrote: "If we can rai 10-Jul-02 ashu
                                  Severed head with a khukuri KOL Repor 10-Jul-02 ???
                                    Maoist terror: loot, burn & kill By 10-Jul-02 ???
                                      Murder of teacher condemned GORKHA, J 10-Jul-02 ???
                                        >>"wondering why, despite so much money 11-Jul-02 shocked student
 Maoists murder lecturer Maoists Frida 13-Jul-02 shocked student

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ashu Posted on 30-Jun-02 11:22 PM

Dear all,

If you wish to be included in this, please send your name and email address to
chaurari@mos.com.np

Subject: Attention Manjushree Thapa; protesting Sen's death.

Give a damn about this.

The only way evil triumphs in Nepal when good men and women sit around and
do nothing.

oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal


************

There is a petition drive going on today (Monday July 1) against the state's extrajudicial killing of Krishna Sen and other unarmed citizens.

Please contact Basanta Thapa, Kedar Sharma, Ramesh Bhattarai, Chatyang Master, Khagendra Sangraula, Sunil Pokharel, Ashmina Ranjit, or myself to read the petition letter, and sign it if you agree with it. The petition will be available at many sites, including Martin Chautari, during office hours.

Thank you.
Manjushree Thapa
ashu Posted on 30-Jun-02 11:24 PM

Sorry about that typo.

The CORRECT email address is: chautari@mos.com.np
Paschim Posted on 30-Jun-02 11:32 PM

Ashu, thanks for this information on the drive. As you probably saw, there were discussions on this topic on Sajha last week too. But has Mr. Sen's death been confirmed? Our discussions last week were based on the condition of "if the news is true". Just wanted to know before joining the band-wagon, as part of a citizen's responsibility, if this petition is to protest a death that may or may not have occured, or is it to seek clarification on the status of Mr. Sen? Would it be possible for you to kindly find out from Manju Thapa and let us know? Thank you.
Biswo Posted on 01-Jul-02 05:01 PM

I think the reply of the prime minister was very horrible. He said,"Samaya Aayepachhi
Bataaula..(not verbatim)". What is that Samaya? Mr Sen's wife and family are
probably going through horrible time, and the government at least needs to tell
what happened to Mr Sen. The whole world is asking this question. What happened
to our commitment to democratic values?

Given this ominous silence about the fate of Mr Sen, I though think that there
are very few chances of the news being untrue.I think everyone needs to
send a strong signal to our rulers that such behaviors are not condonable.
kali's mom Posted on 01-Jul-02 09:30 PM

Ashu, thanks for the heads up. I echo Paschim that it wouild be better personally if I really knew whether this was indeed the case, but then if Deuba did say what he did, well there is no room to doubt that Sen was not murdered in custody.

I find it interesting to see people react with such vehemence though... I mean this has been the MO for Nepali police and the army for ever, why should the last ten years make it any different, especially when the institutions in questions have not gone through any significant systemic changes.

What happened to Sen is not excusable and thanks to the folks who are taking the initiative to mobilize people around the message and get it heard. That is indeed the only way to start some changes.

However, I think Sen being a journalist has a lot to do why this issue has gotten the kind of domestic and international attention not bestowed on other atrocities committed by the police and army. Routinely street kids are beaten to a pulp by the police. They are raped and tortured. Similarly women are raped, beaten and killed in custody by the police. It was only a few years ago that a woman's unclothed body was found near the barracks near the shahid smarak. I am disappointed that such events happen on a regular basis and no one raises a voice, well certainly not a concerted voice, and one that says our democracy is in danger then.Hopefully people will take the opportunity to consider that all people are equals, not that some are more equal than others.

Also, I hope people will realize that without changing the fundamental institutions of a nation, such as the army, police, justice system, one can not hope for true democracy. What we have had in Nepal for a long time is not democracy... it is ananrchy at best, otherwise sheer chaos.
TFE Posted on 01-Jul-02 11:23 PM

First of all a very big thank you to Ashu, Manju et.al for making things happen….
Kali’s mom/Aama :), you have raised many poignant issues. Yes the challenge for us, our media and so called civil society if there is any, is to show the same sense of outrage about the innocent death and sufferings plagued by tug-war, poverty as is shown when high profile prisoners are tortured/ murdered or when freedom of press curbed. Why should the anger and passion be any less for all those who are condemned to silence, abandoned to humiliations live or dead? But my friend, the tragedy is even when our country is going through unending misery I am more than obliged to make an attempt to understand rather than to judge and take sides. Protesting Sen's death is refusing to take any excuse or justification of an act of brutal/unjust killings, whether it is committed by the moabadis or the limping govt.

I personally think that we as citizen need to participate and undergo this grueling experience, now or never. Only when there is sense of public outrage about our innocently, unjustly silenced/killed people will we shame ourselves into doing something about it and begin to use the same political and civil rights granted to us by our democratic constitution. Also, I think this collective community awareness raising and organizing process is the best proof we have in these cynical times that though our pathetically malnourished ailing democracy is in ICU (Intensive Care Unit), it is alive and kicking.

Let me drop some lines by T.S. Eliot,

I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key, each in his/her prison (Her, is my addition)
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours
Revive for a moment a broken Coriolanus

Cheers
TFE
Kabi Posted on 02-Jul-02 11:09 AM

With due apology to the genuine civic society, if there is one...

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ashu Posted on 03-Jul-02 12:30 AM

Paschim et al,

Thank you for your support.

I made a few calls and talked to a few more people (of diverse political backgrounds and affiliations) last evening.

Though there is NO official verification of anything (and you all have heard Deuba's
inscrutable explanation!), almost all I spoke to seemed quite certain that KS -- a journalist sympathetic to the Maoists -- has been killed in government custody.

Our democratically elected government does not seem to understand we do not
live in Panchayati times.

On another note, your kind of cynicism is quite common, Kabi-jee, in Nepal and
among Nepali societies. Wishing you well, I, for one, am NOT going to let any of
that rub off on me.

oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
Paschim Posted on 03-Jul-02 05:01 AM

I thought Kabi-ji's poetic talents are brilliant. Jhandai jhandai Bhupi Sherchan jasto (the two Nepali litterateurs I'm very fond of are Bhupi and BP Koirala for their sharp, radical, no-nonsense expressions).

But as for the content, it is ill-timed and that blanket cynicism is, in my opinion, in bad taste that does injustice to those genuinely concerned about upholding democratic rights of all Nepalis, including those of alleged criminals like Mr. Krishna Sen.

But the style and the rythm is great. Please do keep sharing poems like these. Naharaunus hai. Natra bhanna parla hamle pani, Kabi-ji? Ko Kabi-ji? Khai Kabi-ji?
madhyamanchal Posted on 03-Jul-02 05:19 AM

nice one, Paschim !
name one Posted on 03-Jul-02 09:39 AM

name one person who is currently in the same alleged situation as krishna sen, except that the torturers/killers/zipped lips are the maoists, instead of hmg. then go protest that, too.
Biswo Posted on 03-Jul-02 09:46 AM

The reason why people are protesting Sen's death is not because Sen is a saint or Maoists are great. The reason why people are protesting Sen's death in custody is because 'it shouldn't have happened in democratic society'. No one goes to protest to Maoists in Rukum for their killing of poor teachers, because they are brutes, and they have no obligation to accept any national international norms. Those who are protesting the alleged death of Sen are , in fact, trying to protect the inviolable rules enshrined in our democratic constitution.
who is KS Posted on 03-Jul-02 10:35 AM

http://www.nepalpolice.gov.np/atankari/index_d.htm#krishna
answer don't rationalize Posted on 03-Jul-02 10:37 AM

i'm not interested in hearing rationales for why people are protesting. answer my challenge. i think your expectations for maobadi and hmg conduct are far too low and high, respectively.
junkiri Posted on 03-Jul-02 12:38 PM

Maobadiko matra kina maya?

If all victims, whether Maoists or village postman are equal, what stops the human rights people to publicize a protest letter to Mr. Prachanda for the Maoists killings?
Biswo Posted on 03-Jul-02 02:19 PM

How many of us have heard Human rights groups or civil society appealing to Virappan or Hamas for not to commit cruelty?

Pleading with thuggish gang led by Prachanda is futile, and no one is gonna do that. Government is another thing, ok. It needs to be chastised when it goes far off from established norm.
you've proved your point Posted on 03-Jul-02 02:28 PM

your point is there's no arguing with a sick mind. if you cannot or will not answer my challenge, then don't--just spare me the background. i don't want to know your reasoning. i'll give you one more chance to prove your point. btw, if you think that what hmg is accused of "goes far off from established norm" (of course, you decline to state whose norm you mean), then we're talking about two different nepals.
your point? Posted on 03-Jul-02 02:56 PM

So your point is a murderer should be killed in prison, correct? The army is killing many maobadis in the jungle. But in this case, someone is killed in the custody..dont u see the difference?
Kabi Posted on 03-Jul-02 03:01 PM

Ashuji,

I wouldn't worry about cynicism. I think we need a healthy dose of cynicism to save ourselves from absurdity and hypocrisy. What is dangerous is the cynicism over any dose of cynicism. It's not that I do not appreciate what you (generic you) are trying to do. I salute all of you. But there is something serious dangerously lacking in Nepali civil society. My poem speaks of them. On the same note, I have heard people often saying that there is no functional civil society in Nepal. 12 barsha prajatantra ko dhungro.ma rakhe pani Nepali.ko puchchhar banga.ko bangai. I wonder if we really have a straight dhungro !

Paschimji,

Thank you for liking the poem. I am a fan of Bhoopi and BP too. I am fond of the literateur BP, but not the politician BP. In politics, he failed us. I think he lacked faith in Democracy. Wait..wait, don't hit me before I clarify. What I mean is, having faith in democracy is having faith in people, in their capability of governing themselves. BP did not trust Nepali people that much. He was damn sure Nepali people do not have capability of governing themselves. That's why, despite everything Mahendra did to him and to the country, he stood by for a baidhanik rajtantra. It is irony that BP is the father of democracy in Nepal. Back to the original topic, I am not convinced that my poem is an ill-timed and in bad taste. At least I am sure it is not going to discourage sincere people. For the rest, yes, I intended to hit where and when it hurts the most.

As I said, we do not have a functional civil society. What we have is too little. And you know what, too little is not better than Nothing. Rather Nothing is better than too little. Kano mama bhanda nahunu mama jati, not the other way round, although that's what we were taught. A kano mama keeps us tied up and deprives us of our chance to find a sadde mama. That's what has been happening during all these 12 years of presumed democracy.

Lastly, I may disappear. But I will keep reading some interesting people of Sajha.
villageVoice Posted on 03-Jul-02 04:01 PM

I am outraged. Deuba's democratic credentials are in tatters.

And the Prime Minister insists he's doing all this to "save democracy." Talk about irony. Deuba would shame Machiavelli.

When did democracy deteriorate to a quick-fix mantra. The government has no right to imprison people for their convictions, on Maoism in this case. Alll this sounds chillingly like the Soviet gulags.
incorrect Posted on 03-Jul-02 04:37 PM

you are incorrect. reread my original message.
imprison convicts Posted on 03-Jul-02 04:40 PM

vv,

i think that hmg has EVERY right to imprison people based on their convictions in nepali courts. ok, i'm equivocating.
Paschim Posted on 03-Jul-02 09:56 PM

Kabi-ji, you sound like our dear old friend Nepe whose maturely skeptic voice and absence I have missed on Sajha. I wonder where he has vansihed.

But, wait, maybe Kabi-ji is our old Nepe!! I'm getting good at this. Reading what and how people write, now I can tell...in the other thread, I think I just caught our good old American - Sage - masquerading as an oh-so-Nepali Sujan! I could be wrong.

Anyway, Kabi-ji, thanks for your reply. The style of your poem is great, really great, but I think it still is in bad taste and ill-timed. And I was talking about BP the litterateur. BP the Politician is a whole new planet who we can discuss in some other thread another time.
Confused Posted on 03-Jul-02 10:59 PM

People often redicule PM Deupa's visit to astrologers and wearing of trantrik rings and jantar. But I see him very good at chanting the tantric mantra too. But these mantras are not extracted from veda or upanishad, rather they seems to be picked up from tabloids pages. And these mantras seems to be powerful enough to enable him to snatch the PM chair and stick to it!
These mantra are:

1. "maoist voilence is a political problem and dialogue is the only way out". When Girija was PM, he used to chant this mantra 108 times a day!

2. "Government will not tolerate anything that works towards demoralising the security force". Deupa is resorting to this mantra to keep his chair unchallenged.

I am particularly outraged by reading following paragraphs on one web site (I am not sure if this site is a part of maoist propoganda, but the info seems to be credible). The logic of our PM is a sheer non-sense.

I am not sure if this kind of none-senseness is, in fact, help to boost the morale of security forces but I am pretty sure such a stupid logic from a person like PM would "demoralize" freedom loving Nepalese people.
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............In the evening of 3 March 2002, a dozen individuals abducted Gopal Budhathoki, Editor of the Nepalese-language weekly Sanghu, while he was returning to his home on a motorcycle. According to several eyewitnesses, the journalist was stopped by army vehicles, despite the Prime Minister's statement to Reporters without Borders that the armed forces had not been involved. On 6 March 2002, the Prime Minister announced that the journalist had been arrested because the newspaper had repeatedly published "fabricated" articles about the security forces for the sole purpose of "spreading rumours and demoralizing the army." According to Sanghu's Assistant Director, interviewed by Reporters without Borders, Gopal Budhathoki had published articles about some financial irregularities related to helicopter purchases made by the Nepalese Army. The Prime Minister stated that "publishing information of this kind is equivalent to directly collaborating with the terrorists." Gopal Budhathoki, who had already been arrested by security forces on 17 December 2001, was questioned and then released 24 hours later. As of 15 March 2002, after being jailed for over 20 days (probably in an army barracks), the journalist has still not been permitted to see his wife, Ram Kala Budhathoki. On 11 March, the latter informed Reporters without Borders : "I filed a writ of habeas corpus with the Supreme Court but now we need the support of the international community to prevent other journalists from being abducted in the middle of the street by the military, like my husband was

source:
http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=902
Santa Posted on 04-Jul-02 02:15 AM

Hey guys, you are giving too much credit to poor Deuba. He is a dud and makes a mess of whatever he is asked to do by his masters. In all probability, Deuba knows less about Krishna Sen than Ashu does. Do not blame poorDeuba for crimes that he is incapable of commiting.
tiramisu Posted on 05-Jul-02 06:41 AM

it is high time that we, as not so ignorant Nepalese any longer, should press for 'transparency' in the prosecution process of ANY suspect in custody of HMG, Nepal, BE IT A HIGH-PROFILE/NON-PROFILED CRIME SUSPECT. that, would be the definition of a democratic society.
but then, would it be asking for too much?
remember how we were kept in the dark about the ROYAL massacre by our very prime minister( GPK) and were instead given the devastating news from relatives from across the seven seas? it makes me seethe with fury even thinking about that fateful day in history when the whole of nepal woke up to be confronted with the death of the royal family, followed by weeks of confusion, mourning, and, ALL MEDIA SHUT OUT OF REACH. THEN, DIPENDRA PASSED AWAY...only news that reached us then, ordinary citizens, was, an order that a curfew had been imposeD...
Nepe Posted on 05-Jul-02 10:04 AM

Paschim, you almost caught me. HeHeHe.. Kabiji certainly very much resembles me. But I am not sure if he shares Nepe's 'palaayan' from 'saamyabaad' which had happened a long long time ago. Talking about 'palaayan', Bhoopi comes to my mind. As much as I worship him for his awesome poetry, I pity his 'palaayan' to the establishment towards the uttarardha of his life. About that he said, he thinks it was a kinda metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly (have you seen his TV interview ?). Sorry Bhoopi, it was the other way round.

More to follow.
kahila Posted on 08-Jul-02 03:57 PM

PUBLICÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ AI Index: ASA 31/049/2002

UA 204/02ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Fear of torture/ fear for safety/ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ 5 July 2002ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ possible "disappearance"/ medical concern
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ

NEPALÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Sangita Khadka (f)Ê ] journalists
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Atindra Neupane (m) ]
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Krishna Sen (m), editor of the Janadesh Weekly


The three people named above were arrested in the capital Kathmandu on 20 May. Sangita Khadka is said to be in need of medical treatment as a result of torture inflicted in detention. She is reportedly being held at the New Baneshwor Police post in Kathmandu. The whereabouts of Atindra Neupane are unknown, and Krishna Sen may have died in custody.

It is not known whether they were arrested by army or police personnel, or where they were taken after their arrest. There are unconfirmed reports that the three were initially taken to the Mahendra Police Club in Kathmandu.

On 26 June, it was reported that Krishna Sen had died in custody, although this has not yet been confirmed by the authorities. Local sources allege that he had been subjected to severe torture while in custody. His body was reportedly taken to a police hospital for post-mortem, although it is unclear by whom. His body has not been returned to his family and they fear it has already been cremated.. Despite their appeals to the authorities, the family have not been given any information about the results of the post mortem.

Amnesty International wrote to the the authorities on 28 June calling for an immediate investigation into the circumstances of Krishna Sen's alleged death, for the findings to be made public and for the alleged perpetrators to brought to justice. The organization has not yet received a reply from the government.

The organization continues to be concerned about the fate and whereabouts
of Sangita Khadka and Atindra Neupane, and over two dozen other journalists who have been detained by the authorities since the imposition of a state of emergency in the country. Those detained were suspected of being members of or sympathizers with the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist).


RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English or your own language:
- expressing concern for the safety of Sangita Khadka and Atindra Neupane;
- asking the authorities to confirm their whereabouts;
- calling for Sangita Khadka and Atindra Neupane to be granted access to their relatives, lawyers and any medical treatment they may require;
- urging that they be released immediately and unconditionally, unless they are to be charged with a recognizably criminal offence;
- calling for an independent and impartial investigation into all allegations of torture and for those responsible to be brought to justice;
- calling on the authorities to confirm whether or not Krishna Sen died in custody and if so for his family to be formally informed;
- urging the authorities to institute an investigation into the reported death in custody of Krishna Sen, to make the findings public and to bring alleged perpetrators to justice;

APPEALS TO:
Rt Hon Sher Bahadur Deuba
Prime Minister
Office of the Prime Minister
Singha Durbar
Kathmandu
Nepal
Telegrams:ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Prime Minister, Kathmandu,Nepal
Fax: + 977 1 227 286 (It may be difficult to get through but please keep trying)
Salutation: Dear Prime Minister

The Hon Khum Bahadur Khadka
Minister of Home Affairs
Ministry of Home Affairs
Singha Durbar
Kathmandu
Nepal
Telegrams:ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Home Minister, Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax:ÊÊ + 977 1 241 942
Salutation: Dear Minister

Mr Pradeep Shamsher J B Rana
Inspector General of Police
Police Headquarters
GPO Box 407
Naxal
Kathmandu
Nepal
Telegrams:ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Inspector General of Police, Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax:ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ + 977 1 415 593/415 594
Salutation: Dear Inspector General

COPIES TO: Diplomatic representatives of Nepal accredited to your country.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 16 August 2002.
shocked student Posted on 09-Jul-02 12:00 AM

Maoists kill teacher

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Post Report

KATHMANDU, July 8

A group of armed Maoist rebels shot dead a renowned teacher Nar Bahadur Deovkota at Saurpani in Gorkha district on Saturday night, according to reports received her from Gorkha on Monday.

Devkota, teacher of English at Himalaya Secondary School at Saurpani, was sitting with his family members when the Maoists killed him.

One Maoist rebel was shot dead in the Katai area of the far-western hilly district Darchula, the Defence Ministry said here today. It also reported that an injured rebel was arrested in the Shantipur area of the far-eastern hilly district Ilam on Sunday,

The injured Maoist whose identity has not been disclosed was rushed to a local hospital for treatment. The security forces conducting search operations in both the areas have recovered some firearms and explosives.

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I was also student in ghyampesal school for some months.

After reading this news, I am totally shocked.

Is price of this teacher's life is cheaper than any Journalist Krishna Sen?

If we can raise voice against Krishna Sen's death in police custody, Are anybody, any human right organizations ready to raise voice against these maoist atrocities? Of course, these barbaric acts are also in against of Genveva convention. Government does not have right to kill people in custody, but do maoists have right to kill people in the name of people's war?
shocked student Posted on 09-Jul-02 12:35 AM

Are any Kaviji ready to write poem:

'Nar bahadur, ko nar nara bahadur?
............................................' Bhaner?

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Janatako nam bhijayer rajniti garne netahruko yo deshma

janatako yuddha(people's war) garna thaha chhaina

katiko janatalai 'shahid' banainu parne ho

asti ram bahadur gindiyo

kinbhane u yamale thiye re

hijo shyam bahadurko safaya bhayo

kinbhane u suraki thiyo re

aaj nar bahadur katidaichha

thaha chhaina malai

usko biram ke thiyo?

tara malai sodhn man lageko chha

BRB harusanga

imperialist, reactionary ra fascist harusanga ladne

imro tyo people's liberation army le

nar bahadurko ragatma

imperialist haruko har

khoi kasari bhettayo?
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79290184 Posted on 09-Jul-02 01:00 AM

http://kantipuronline.com/kantipur_html/kantipur_news2.htm#12
Aroz Posted on 09-Jul-02 01:03 AM

Umm.. Can I make a motherfwakingcomment?
Fwak You! MotherFwakers
May Peace Prevail in my motherfuqing country :)
??? Posted on 10-Jul-02 05:54 AM

Maoists kill two civilians to avenge resisting villagers

KOL Report

KATHMANDU, July 10 – Around 200 Maoists surrounded Samshergunj VDC 1 and 2 in Banke last night and killed two innocent civilians, injured a few and looted civilian houses all in an effort to avenge the villagers for resisting the terrorists and handing over two of their comrades to the police a week ago.

Our correspondent, J. Pandey, told us over the telephone that the Maoists surrounded the villages from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday night and beat up innocent civilians, killing two of them, before they made off with the bounty looted from the civilian houses. The dead locals have been identified as Chaun Lal Yadav and Mati Tahauli, both whose houses have been bombed after they were killed.

The injured are currently receiving medical attention at Kohalpur Teaching Hospital in Nepalgunj. (sjs)
ashu Posted on 10-Jul-02 07:03 AM

Shocked student wrote:

"If we can raise voice against Krishna Sen's death in police custody, Are anybody, any human right organizations ready to raise voice against these maoist atrocities?"

*******

Why wait for human rights organizations to create some halla over this?

Human rights organisations do NOT have a monopoly over the kind of outrage we should all express at this sort of thing.

If HR organizations are not doing what they are supposed to be doing, then, why not start doing it yourself -- on a small, small scale, say as a petition circulated via email
and see where it goes?

It's the persistent, grit-your-teeth kind of collective efforts that go a long way more than isolated displays of moral indignation.

All of us, in our own ways, need to give a damn about this sort of thing, and NOT wait for established entities to convey our outrage on our behalf.

As an old hippie mantra goes:
"Ask not what your country can do for you.
Do it yourself."

oohi
"wondering why, despite so much money going to national security in Nepal, we are still reading about Maoist atrocities"
ashu
ktm,nepal
??? Posted on 10-Jul-02 09:52 AM

Severed head with a khukuri

KOL Report

KATHMANDU, July 10
In a separate incident, Maoists have killed yet another civilian, this time in Nuwakot district.

Our correspondent there says a group of Maoists attacked a youth in Belkot VDC Tuesday night.

The Maoists are first reported to have abducted the 22 year-old man and then severed his head with a khukuri. (rk)
??? Posted on 10-Jul-02 11:52 PM

Maoist terror: loot, burn & kill

By J Pandey & Rudra Khadka

AKALGHARUWA (Banke), July 10

Almost a thousand armed Maoists unleashed their terror on the hapless villagers of Akalgharuwa in Shumshergunj Village Development Committee (VDC) in Banke district on Tuesday night by killing two men in a macabre manner and looting and burning several houses.

The three-hour reign of terror began at 9 p.m. during which two, Sohanlal Yadav and Moti Tamauli were picked up from their houses while they were having food and hacked with axe and khukuri (machete) and then shot to death. According to eyewitnesses, Yadav was slaughtered like a goat by being hit on his neck time and again.

Not content with killing Yadav and Tamauli, both very poor, the Maoists then bombed and destroyed their houses. Besides this, the rebels also mercilessly beat and shot six others, injuring them seriously in Akalgharuwa, some 11 km north-west of Nepalgunj. Five of the injured – Ram Kumar Yadav, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Indra Prasad Yadav, Dhaniram Yadav and Ramesh Tamauli – have been brought to Kohalpur Teaching Hospital and were operated upon Wednesday. The villagers said that almost all the males, including a few old men, were beaten up.

The violence is being seen as retaliation of the arrest of two Maoists by security forces a few days ago.

The murdered Moti Tamauli’s wife, Jaya Kala, told The Kathmandu Post that despite fervent pleas, the Maoists killed her husband who could not even complete his supper. A crying Jaya Kala added that after the destruction of her house, "me and my three children are without any shelter now".

The villagers are still terrified, fearing another attack. They also alleged that the security forces had waited nearby, entering the village only after the Maoists had fled the scene.

The terrified villagers lamented that they could not thwart the Maoist attack since the security forces had taken away their weapons earlier. They said they could face the Maoists if their weapons are returned and the security forces helped them.
??? Posted on 10-Jul-02 11:55 PM

Murder of teacher condemned

GORKHA, July 10 (RSS) - Human Rights Organisation of Nepal (HURON) Gorkha district chapter has issued a statement denouncing in strong terms the murder of Nara Bahadur Devkota, a teacher at the Himalaya Secondary School at local Saurpani Village Development Committee, in a barbaric and most gruesome manner by Maoist terrorists on Sunday night. In the statement, the HURON Gorkha branch has stated that the murder of an innocent person associated in the teaching profession would not benefit the society, nation and the murderous gang itself.
shocked student Posted on 11-Jul-02 12:03 AM

>>"wondering why, despite so much money going to national security in Nepal, we are still reading about Maoist atrocities"
ashu

wondering why, despite so much money going to CIA, FBI and terrorism control in USA, but we are leading about terrorist activities all over the world and so much money is put to capture OSAMA BIN LADEN, USA, most powerful government with advanced technology and advanced intelligence network is unable to capture him.

oohi,
shocked student
shocked student Posted on 13-Jul-02 03:09 AM

Maoists murder lecturer

Maoists Friday night at 7.30 PM intercepted lecturer Leknath Pokhrel traveling by motorcycle from Banke to Bardia and killed him, police said.

Rebels murdered him near Mankhola and fled. No arrests have been made so far.
nepalnews.com br July 13