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Papers and articles on the current crisis in Nepal as published in the internet press

This is a selection of Nepal related articles that have been published after February 1, 2005. Nepal Research stands for peace, freedom, democracy and inclusion in Nepal. All this is provided neither by royal nor by Maoist politics. We predominantly include articles that are critical in the ongoing state destruction. Articles and papers in favour of the royal regime may be looked up through the links to government owned media on our news subsite.
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Paper Title / Author Date of publication

INSN Field visit report on affected Dalit and other civilians in the Siraha District battle, Nepal, 8-9 May 2005, by Jagaran Media Centre 31/05/2005
Rediff The king is weaking gradually, interview with Murari Raj Sharma 31/05/2005
Khaleej Times Sacked Nepal PM refuses to pay bail on graft charge 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 'Don't undermine HR, civil liberties' 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Nepali media faces pressure, terror: WAN, by Narayan Wagle 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post FM radio as democratic expression, by Pratyoush Onta 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Communication Corner goes to SC 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Pokhara FMs recall journalists 31/05/2005
Yahoo News 1,500 protest against Nepal's anti-graft commission 31/05/2005
BBC News Nepal troops clash with Maoists, by Sushil Sharma 31/05/2005
Nepal News Security personnel repulse Maoist attack, Two bodies recovered 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Vigilante landmines terrify villagers, by Chetan Adhikari 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Fear of arrest keeps JP from his house 31/05/2005
Hindustan Times Karat did meet Nepal Maoists, admits party, by Aloke Banerjee 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Supporting democracy is not meddling’, by Surendra Phuyal 31/05/2005
Asian Age Koirala coming to India on Sat., by Siddhartha Kumar 31/05/2005
South Asian Media Net UML erred in joining Deuba govt: report 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post RJP calls for reconciliation 31/05/2005
Web India 123 Manisha Koirala backs Nepal king and coup 31/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Only bomb disposal equipment: UK 31/05/2005
Reuters AlertNet Donor agencies justify aid suspension 30/05/2005
Web India 123 Nepal king rules out early power handover 30/05/2005
Inter Press Service Maoist Overture to Enter Nepal's Mainstream Politics? by Ranjit Devraj 30/05/2005
Antiwar Nepal's Strange Restraint in the Face of Indian Revelations, by Suman Pradhan 30/05/2005
Relief Web National report fails to stress the impact of conflict on children 30/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoists shoot 4-yr old and mother 30/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Pro Public raps NHRC appointments 30/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Journalists protest radio center closure 30/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Journalists demonstrate against govt orders 30/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Investigative journalism riskier post Feb 1 30/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Deuba, Singh to go to apex court 30/05/2005
Kathmandu Post RCCC chief snubs question on constitutionality 30/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Security situation to harm economy 30/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Municipal polls not possible: leaders 30/05/2005
INSN Slouching toward anarchy: Can we survive? by Padam Raj Poudel, former editor of Machhapuchhre Weekly, now in exile due to the fear from the nation state 29/05/2005
INSN Save Nepal from Royal Democracy, by Padam Raj Poudel 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post RSF flays proposed press law 29/05/2005
Deccan Herald Nepali press law maybe made harsher 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Army arrests two scribes 29/05/2005
BBC News Nepal reporters in protest march 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post FM operators taking to streets today 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Tortured by Maoists, abandoned by state, by Ghanashyam Ojha 29/05/2005
Reuters Nepal's Maoist rebels kill policewoman, child 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post NHRC appointments draw flak 29/05/2005
Web India 123 We are not seeking India's help: Prachanda 29/05/2005
Indian Express Baburam Bhattarai: Only Visiting, by Shiv Aroor 29/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties flay king for 'arrogance' 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘King's address meaningless’ 29/05/2005
South Asian Media Net CPN-UML ready for talks with King: Oli 29/05/2005
Web India 123 Nepal opposition defies king near Deuba's trial venue 29/05/2005
Kathmandu Post UK to supply ‘non-lethal’ aid to RNA 29/05/2005
Daily Star UK resumes non-lethal military aid to Nepal Nepal orders closure of radio centre 29/05/2005
Hindustan Times UK resumes non-lethal military aid to Nepal 28/05/2005
Kantipur Online Is New Delhi Cosying Up With Baburam? It may have been a classic case of tripartite denial. But it is true that Bhattarai did meet a CPI-Marxist leader in Delhi, by Surendra Phuyal 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 75 detainees released, Pokharel re-arrested 28/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Rights panel flays army for abuse 28/05/2005
Channel News Asia Nepal government orders closure of radio programme centre 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Government bans Communication Corner 28/05/2005
Outlook India Government asks Communication Corner to shut down, by Shrish B Pradhan 28/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Move to ‘throttle’ media oppose 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Reinduct laid-off journos: FNJ 28/05/2005
South Asian Media Net SC issues special stricture to govt 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Deuba boycotts RCCC bench again 28/05/2005
Web India 123 Nepal rights officials chosen by pro-palace panel 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Khatri NHRC chief again 28/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Khatri leads NHRC with new team 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Rights commission 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Parties to king: Choose democracy or republic 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post King offers olive branch to parties [not much new: monarchy has always worked for people and democracy; constitution is intact and should not be changed; political parties (whose leaders are suppressed for months) shall become popular...: this is not enough, Your Majesty!] 28/05/2005
Channel News Asia Nepalese king defends takeover as politicians vow to restore democracy 28/05/2005
Web India 123 Nepal king asks opposition to take part in polls 28/05/2005
ABC News Nepal king says aims to hold polls in stages [the talk is still only of municipality elections which could even have taken place in 2002 despite the Maoist insurgency] 28/05/2005
Indian Express Gyanendra pledges to activate elected bodies in 3 yrs 28/05/2005
Inter Press Service Strange Restraint in the Face of Indian Revelations, by Suman Pradhan 28/05/2005
Indian Express Chaos, quite Himalayan: Get the Nepal policy right: help restore constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy 28/05/2005
Outlook India Cloak & Kukri: Nepal is a complex tangle with the King, India and Maoists making deft moves, by Yubaraj Ghimire 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Prachanda confirms Bhattarai's Delhi visit 28/05/2005
Pioneer Right royal mess 28/05/2005
Pioneer Five killed in Maoist attack near India 28/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 3 cops, 3 rebels killed, by Madhav Dhungana 28/05/2005
Daily Star Big rally in Nepal in 'fight to finish' for democracy: 3 cops, 2 rebels killed in violence 28/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Thousands march in Nepal protest 28/05/2005
Peninsula Thousands rally for Nepal democracy 28/05/2005
Arab Times Thousands gather in Nepal; Restore democracy, king urged 28/05/2005
Tucson Citizen Nepal's democracy rally draws estimated 5,000 28/05/2005
BBC News Thousands march in Nepal protest 27/05/2005
Reuters Thousands attend Nepal pro-democracy rally, by Gopal Sharma 27/05/2005
Asia Times Nepal losing its way, by Dhruba Adhikary 27/05/2005
INSN From royal massacre to royal coup: a reflection, by Bindu Sharma 27/05/2005
Lawyers Weekly Nepal’s rule of law compromised 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 21 leaders released, more releases today 27/05/2005
Khaleej Times Nepal on alert ahead of anti-king rally 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoist victims take out rally 27/05/2005
Channel News Asia Nepal police arrest scores of people displaced by Maoist revolt 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Free children: NHRC to Maoists 27/05/2005
Nepali Times Ordinance against media 27/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Army mulls multi-agency rights panels 27/05/2005
Reuters AlertNet National report fails to stress the impact of conflict on children 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Fabric of Paris Principles, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti 27/05/2005
Nepali Times New NHRC, by Krishnaman Pradhan (originally in Nepal Samacharpatra, 24 May) 27/05/2005
Spotlight Game Of Romanticism: As political confrontation picks up, middle class elites in both the sides have reason to rejoice the game of romanticism, by Keshab Poudel 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post UK Nepalis support 7-party movement [see statement] 27/05/2005
Nepali Times Isolating Nepal (originally in Dristi, 24 May) 27/05/2005
Times of India Nepal, China won't talk arms 27/05/2005
South Asian Media Net US again urges king, parties to unite 27/05/2005
Nepali Times Who's the roadblock? interview with US Ambassador James Moriarty 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post US envoy denies defending Feb 1 move 27/05/2005
Web India 123 Gyanendra could meet Manmohan again in Doha 27/05/2005
Indian Express India wakes up: we condemn Maoist violence, they have to lay down arms 27/05/2005
Hindu Govt.: no change in policy towards Maoists in Nepal 27/05/2005
Asian Age 60 die in 2 weeks of Nepal fighting, by Binaj Gurubacharya 27/05/2005
Asian Age Maoist leader denies links with Indian intelligence, by Sudeshna Sarkar 27/05/2005
Times of India Some damage control after Bhattarai-Karat meet expose 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Bista flays Indian intellectuals 27/05/2005
Nepali Times Tantrum (originally in Jana Astha, 25 May) 27/05/2005
Nepali Times Royal flight (originally in Dristi, 24 May) 27/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Amnesty report 27/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Gross rights abuses in Nepal: AI [see Nepal summary of AI report] 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Impunity on the rise: AI 26/05/2005
Nepal News Rights violations on the rise in Nepal: Amnesty 26/05/2005
Relief Web Danish support to monitoring of human rights in Nepal 26/05/2005
Reuters Nepal police detain 50 protesters 26/05/2005
Dawn Civil society in Nepal faces tough time, by Marty Logan 26/05/2005
Asian Age King accused of meddling with rights commission, by Binaj Gurubacharya 26/05/2005
Pioneer HRW criticises Gyanendra's control over NHRC 26/05/2005
Inter Press Service The Final Nail in the Coffin for Media Freedom, by Damakant Jayshi 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Disclose changes in press law: CPJ 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post "Proposed law misinterprets constitution" 26/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Nepal urged to restore press freedom 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Radio journos, promoters to protest 26/05/2005
Bangkok Post Nepali blogs cut through censorship: While their reach has been limited within Nepal, bloggers have successfully focused global attention on press censorship and human rights violations, by Dinesh C. Sharma 26/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties push for restructuring of state 26/05/2005
Telegraph, Calcutta Koirala lines up Delhi date, by Pranai Sharma 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Detainees send 7-point memo 26/05/2005
Star Nepal's royal government frees a dozen political detainees 26/05/2005
South Asian Media Net SC orders release of senior leaders 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Gagan Thapa freed SC orders release of more detainees 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Gorkhapatra editor asked to resign 26/05/2005
BBC News Senior diplomats bound for Nepal 26/05/2005
Asian Age Nepal extortion costs Indian JV bank N-Rs 3m, by Sudeshna Sarkar 26/05/2005
South Asian Media Net UK offers bomb disposal gift to Nepal 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 15 Maoists killed, 18 surrender 26/05/2005
Pioneer Bodies of 25 Maoist rebels recovered in Nepal 26/05/2005
Nepal News Baburam throws another salvo against Prachanda statement 26/05/2005
IRNA India and Nepal Maoists deny mutual ties 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post India, Nepal and Maoist conflict, by Surya Subedi 26/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Army trying to split our party: Maoists 26/05/2005
Scoop Democracy, Diplomacy And Destablization, by Madan Prasad Khanal 26/05/2005
Web India 123 India says it considers Maoists as terrorists 26/05/2005
Web India 123 Controversial Maoist leader denies Indian media report 26/05/2005
Outlook India Tape a conspiracy against anti-monarchy movement: Bhattarai, by Shrish B Pradhan 26/05/2005
Indian Express In Kathmandu, New Delhi has created right royal mess: India seen as playing all sides in internal struggle, no core to policy, by C. Raja Mohan 26/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Dr Bhattarai in Delhi Meets Marxist leader Karat 26/05/2005
Times of India

Karat & Bhattarai meet to find ways to resolve Nepal crisis

26/05/2005
Kantipur Online Delhi Bombshell: The Times of India news report saying that Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai is in New Delhi has kicked off a flurry of speculations, by Suman Pradhan 25/05/2005
Web Chautari Baburam denies meeting Indian leaders 25/05/2005
Web India 123 India denies knowledge of Nepal Maoist leader's meeting 25/05/2005
Times of India Bhattarai meeting raises questions on Nepal policy 25/05/2005
Yen Carrot and stick diplomacy, by Mathura P. Shrestha 25/05/2005
Embassy Nepal Becoming No-go Zone: Canada stays as other aid agencies pull out after attacks on humanitarian workers, by Sarah McGregor 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Fall of democracy, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar 25/05/2005
Scoop Peace Process Needed in Nepal, by Kamala Sarup 25/05/2005
South Asia Media Net King stifles human rights commission 25/05/2005
New Zealand Law Society LAWASIA finds Nepal situation very complex 25/05/2005
International Nepal Solidarity Network New edict tightens screw still further on press freedom: RSF 25/05/2005
Nepal News IPI delegation visiting Nepal 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Journalists rally against proposed media law 25/05/2005
South Asia Media Net Nepal journalists protest media gag 25/05/2005
Taipei Times Nepalese media warned over `groundless' reports 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post SC orders Gagan's release 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Victims' voice 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoist victims stage sit-in 25/05/2005
Telegraph Pincer against King emphasized 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Reconciliation in coming weeks’, by Prateek Pradhan and Ameet Dhakal 25/05/2005
South Asian Media Net Int'l arms consignment arrives in Nepal 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post US military aid under 'constant review' 25/05/2005
Web India 123 Extortion from PNB joint venture in Nepal 25/05/2005
Asia News Network India takes up tape issue with Nepal army, by Sudeshna Sarkar 25/05/2005
Indian Express Tape fallout: Delhi may give Nepal only non-lethal aid: Kathmandu wants Insas rifles, Delhi restricts it to jeeps, night vision goggles 25/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 'A contractor is not subject to RCCC action' 25/05/2005
BBC News Nepal told to free student leader 24/05/2005
Times of India Indian spooks host Nepal rebel, by Akshaya Mukul 24/05/2005
Yen Tightening the noose against Nepal’s democracy, by Mathura P. Shrestha 24/05/2005
BBC News US calls for Nepal reconciliation, by Sushil Sharma 24/05/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Legal debate on RCCC meaningless’ 24/05/2005
Kathmandu Post NC (D) raps RCCC's 'selective' actions 24/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Post, Kantipur asked to submit clarification 24/05/2005
Web India 123 India takes up 'Maoist tape' with Nepal army 24/05/2005
Tribune India to ignore Nepalese demarche, by Rajeev Sharma 24/05/2005
Telegraph, Calcutta King’s army grapples with desertion, by Sujan Dutta 24/05/2005
Relief Web Maoists loot bank in Nepalese capital 24/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoist victims announce further protest programs 24/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Mothers intensify search for 'disappeared' sons, by Janak Nepal 24/05/2005
Asian Wall Street Journal The Nepal Problem, by John Norris 23/05/2005
Inter Press Service Civil Society Caught Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea, by Marty Logan 23/05/2005
Web India 123 Amnesty calls for anti-king rally in Washington [see further information] 23/05/2005
Open Democracy Nepal’s civil war: from security to politics, by Chandra D. Bhatta 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Republicans inside Royal Palace, by Prateek Pradhan 23/05/2005
Scoop Nepal: Separating Fact And Fiction, by Madan Prasad Khanal 23/05/2005
Kantipur Online Court orders release of 4 leaders 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Insurgency claims 2 kids 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Displaced kids admitted at local school, by J. Pandey 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Bus entrepreneurs protest APF atrocities, by Janak Nepal 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post RCCC fines and jails officials 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Questionable intentions, by Damakant Jayshi 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Unconstitutional 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post 'Nepali press under stress' 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post FNJ to protest new press law 23/05/2005
Telegraph, Calcutta Manisha’s royalist father gets party boot, by J. Hemanth 23/05/2005
Deccan Herald King backer Koirala humbled 23/05/2005
News from Bangladesh Protestors Demand Restoration Of Democracy In Nepal, by D. Michael van de Veer 23/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Parties take to the streets: Root for constitutional assembly 23/05/2005
Outlook India Thousands rally in Nepal demanding democracy and freedom, by Shrish B Pradhan 23/05/2005
BBC News Opposition protests around Nepal, by Bhagirath Yogi 22/05/2005
Nepal News Parties’ protest against royal move nationwide 22/05/2005
Arab Times Nepal warns parties against anti-king slogans; Thousands join democracy protest in Nepal 22/05/2005
Khaleej News More than 10,000 rally in Nepal’s capital; largest anti-king rally since royal takeover 22/05/2005
ABC News Thousands join democracy protest in Nepal 22/05/2005
Nepal News Rally organisers ask resignation of Gorkhapatra editor 22/05/2005
Nepal News Prakash Koirala expelled from NC 22/05/2005
Hindustan Times Nepal opposition targets Manisha Koirala's father, by Sudeshna Sarkar 22/05/2005
Rising Nepal Nationalism Need Of The hour, by Gyanendra P. Adhikari “Hanson” [a one-sided view of Nepal's diversity, similar to that of panchayat times, which demands subordination under monarchy and hindutva!!] 22/05/2005
Kathmandu Post HRW, AI and ICJ condemn Prachanda on rights violation [see joint letter] 22/05/2005
Web India 123 Nepal's army gears up to better rights record 22/05/2005
Deccan Herald Nepal journalists begin 3-week-long stir 22/05/2005
Kathmandu Post Proposed media ordinance draws flak 22/05/2005
Tribune India to stay engaged with Nepal: No lethal arms supply yet, by Rajeev Sharma 22/05/2005
Lakehouse Sunday Observer Nepal says not yet military aid from India