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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

Toward Freedom Freedom of Speech Under Fire in Nepal: Take Action! by Mark Rosenzweig 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Gone to kingdom come, by Dhruva Joshy 31/10/2005
Web India 123 Maoists to be crushed by January, says Nepal king's deputy [in other words: stop the onesided Maoist ceasefire immediately and continue the endless killing, destruction and suppression] 31/10/2005
New Kerala Maoists to be crushed by January, says Nepal king's deputy 31/10/2005
NewsLine Nepal King To Attend SAARC Summit [back to panchayat days also in this respect!] 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Ordinance ‘amends’ constitution 31/10/2005
Nepal News SC adjourns hearing on media ordinance until Sunday 31/10/2005
Ohmy News 12 More Journalists Arrested in Nepal: Supreme Court begins hearing cases on media restrictions 31/10/2005
Asian Tribune Two dozen more journos held in Nepal 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Police arrest 2 dozen journos 31/10/2005
INSN Media resistance: Court hearings and street demos continue 31/10/2005
INSN Cyber Journalist Association of Nepal organises meeting 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Govt trying to eliminate free media’ 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post NGOs deplore KFM raid 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt purse to nationalist journos, by Rajendra Nath 31/10/2005
Nepal News Giri lashes out at NHRC, political parties, Kantipur and US ambassador [The Nepali people and the international community have to be silent on royal power ambitions and suppression!] 31/10/2005
NewsLine Nepal Keep silent, Giri tells int'l community 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post NHRC acting irresponsibly: Giri, by Aman Koirala 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Coming winter will be decisive’, by Tilak P Pokharel 31/10/2005
Nepal News Tussle between the king and parties heading towards climax: Thapa 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Koirala advocates integrated movement 31/10/2005
Nepal News Stay the course on Nepal, by Bharat Bhushan 31/10/2005
Ohmy News Who Are Nepal's Maoists? A new ICG report sheds light on one of the most talked-about rebels on earth, by Bikash Sangraula 31/10/2005
INSDN China Vs Maoism 31/10/2005
Ohmy News U.S. Ambassador Doubts Nepal King's 'Intentions': James F Moriarty says elections designed to validate his rule 31/10/2005
Nepal News Washington meet calls for restoration of democracy 31/10/2005
Nepal News NHRC urges Maoists to immediately release Chand 31/10/2005
Nepal News Two children killed in an explosion 31/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoists assure their guns won't harm democrats 31/10/2005
New York Times Where Maoists Still Matter, by Somini Sengupta 30/10/2005
Nepal News Journos continue stir against black ordinance; scores arrested in Dharan 30/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Police arrest 16 journalists 30/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Scribes stage rally, dozens held 30/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Securitymen manhandle journalist 30/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Students burn copies of media ordinance 30/10/2005
Nepal News SC to continue hearing on media ordinance on Monday 30/10/2005
Nepal News Supreme Court starts hearing on media ordinance 30/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Media ordinance, raid spark nationwide condemnation 30/10/2005
Kathmandu Post HRW condemns media ordinance, by Tilak P. Pokharel 30/10/2005
Nepal News Press freedom in Nepal becoming extinct: Human Rights Watch 30/10/2005
INSN Nepali Congress organizes a tea party for journalists A Cup Of ‘Kangressi’ Tea, by Dinesh Wagle 30/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Alliance takes movement to villages 30/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Polls impossible sans talks with Maoists 30/10/2005
Nepal News Country facing threats to its very existence: Koirala 30/10/2005
Nepal News Chinese commitment to arms aid objectionable: UML gen secy 30/10/2005
Golbal politician Interference in Nepal, by Bhuwan Thapaliya 30/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Maoists will spare party cadres’ 30/10/2005
News Blaze Maoists Pressure Nepalese People with Threats, Violence, by Princess Shrestha 30/10/2005
News Line Nepal Four Maoists Arrested in Far-West Nepal 30/10/2005
South Asian Media Net EC to invite int'l observers for polls [this is in contradiction to royal government statements and the king has taken absolute powers; so there will be no independent observation] 30/10/2005
News Line Nepal DC workshop on Nepal calls for negotiated settlement 29/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Banda peaceful, 85 arrested 29/10/2005
Nepal News Over a dozen journos arrested 29/10/2005
Outlook India 16 journalists arrested in Nepal 29/10/2005
BBC News Nepal police arrest journalists 29/10/2005
News Line Nepal Journos set new ordinance on fire 29/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Protests against media ordinance, attack on KFM 29/10/2005
Nepal News Government action against Kantipur FM illegal: NHRC 29/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Action against Kantipur illegal: NHRC 29/10/2005
Kathmandu Post NHRC tells govt to return FM equipment 29/10/2005
Nepal News EU condemns media ordinance, raid at Kantipur FM 29/10/2005
Kathmandu Post EU condemns ordinance, raid 29/10/2005
Nepal News Media ordinance continues to draw fire 29/10/2005
South Asian Media Net SC asks govt to explain on detention 29/10/2005
News Line Nepal Talks with Maoists afoot, says Bamdev 29/10/2005
Nepal News Maoists are a political party at heart: ICG 29/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Nepal sees rise in gun-toting enterprise 29/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Political parties hold open meet 29/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties to launch anti-poll drive 29/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties vow to fight against king 29/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘India for political, not military solution’, interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal 29/10/2005
Telegraph, Calcutta China offer stumps Nepal Marxist, by Bharat Bhushan 29/10/2005
Pak Tribune Pak reaffirms support for Nepal`s sovereignty [While talking to royal ministers, Mr Musharraf should not forget that the Nepali people are sovereign and not King Gyanendra!] 29/10/2005
Nepal News Minister warns of action against bureaucrats 29/10/2005
Nepali Times Still silent majority: It is silly to deny the person who usurped power from you the chance to give it back, by Narayan B Thapa 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Slumber of indifference! by Hemant Arjyal 28/10/2005
Spotlight There Is No Option Other Than The Middle Way, by Keshab Poudel [monarchy has cheated the people so often for the last 55 years; it is doubtful that there is still room for a middle way] 28/10/2005
Spotlight “The Middle Way The Only Way”, interview with Ganesh Raj Sharma [Royal politics of the last 3 years has been a way of extremism, Mr Sharma!] 28/10/2005
Nepali Times Press under pressure: The crackdown on Kantipur is to show the regime has teeth but it may have bitten off more than it can chew, by Kunda Dixit 28/10/2005
Nepali Times Rights ravaged: A lax legal system allowed the government to victimise Kantipur’s owners and those killed at Manipal Hospital, by Ashutosh Tiwari 28/10/2005
Nepal News Over 80 arrested; nine vehicles vandalized 28/10/2005
Nepal News Life disrupted in the capital, call for bandh draws criticism 28/10/2005
Reuters Alert Net Strike over media curbs paralyses Nepal capital 28/10/2005
Common Dreams Attacks on Media Freedoms Expand: Radio Station Closed, Offices Raided 28/10/2005
Nepali Times The end of imagination: Nepali professionals are crying out: we can’t take it any longer, by CK Lal 28/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Businessmen oppose parties’ grand strike 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Dozens arrested on banda eve 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Parties call for successful valley banda 28/10/2005
Nepali Times Nepal’s war widows see red: Red is no longer just the colour of revolution, it also a symbol of women’s empowerment, by Manisha Aryal 28/10/2005
Nepali Times Surkhet’s displaced have only memories: “It is inhuman to separate mothers from their children”, by Goma Gurung 28/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Women group tightens screws for truce 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Justice upheld 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post SC stays action against Kantipur FM 28/10/2005
South Asian Media Net SC stays action against Kantipur FM 28/10/2005
Nepal News NHRC calls Communication Minister 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post NHRC summons information minister 28/10/2005
Spotlight Absurd Amendment: The amendment of media acts through ordinance curtails the individual’s right of freedom of speech and expression, by Keshab Poudel [Don't forget this is the personal politics of the head of government, King Gyanendra! He alone has to take full responsibility!] 28/10/2005
South Asian Media Net UN HR body flays Nepal media curbs 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Ordinance violates Int'l HR: OHCHR 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Groups condemn attempts to muzzle media 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Govt depriving basic rights’ 28/10/2005
Nepal News Hearing on Deuba, Singh deferred 28/10/2005
South Asian Media Net EU backs parties' democratic movement 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘US aid only after power handover to parties’ 28/10/2005
Scoop Shadows Of The Empire, by Sanjay Upadhya (The author forgets that the Shahs and Ranas lived quite well with this British politics of that time; it helped them to suppress and exploit the Nepali people. But what does all this have to do with current critics in the violation of the constitution and the suppression of fundamental rights by King Gyanendra? 28/10/2005
Nepali Times Holiday greetings, interview with chief election commissioner Keshavraj Rajbhandari (originally in Nepal, 23 October) [full in line with King Gyasendra and his illegitmate government, making a laughing-stock of the people] 28/10/2005
Nepal News Russia didn’t extend `unequivocal support’ to the royal move, by Bhagirath Yogi 28/10/2005
Ohmy News Nepal Is Heading for Reversal in Foreign Policy:Country hopes friendly gestures from China and Russia will help win the war, by Bikash Sangraula 28/10/2005
Asia Times China goes after Maoists, but which ones? by Siddharth Srivastava 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoists free 60 students, forcibly recruit two 28/10/2005
Nepal News Maoists’ atrocities ongoing; disrupt Vitamin A campaign: RNA [army statement] 28/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Lucky king of unlucky kingdom, by Aditya Man Shrestha [What an excellent satirical analysis!] 27/10/2005
Reuters Alert Net Nepal's Maoists: Their Aims, Structure and Strategy [see corresponding report of International Crisis Group] 27/10/2005
Nepal News Six students arrested from protest rally in Kathmandu 27/10/2005
Nepal News SC issues stay order 27/10/2005
BBC News Court rules on Nepal radio move 27/10/2005
New Kerala Supreme Court comes to Nepal broadcaster's aid 27/10/2005
Nepal News New media ordinance violates international human rights standards: OHCHR 27/10/2005
Asian Tribune Democrats everywhere are watching developments in Nepal, says US Senator, by Bikash Sangraula 27/10/2005
Nepal News Senator Daschle raps govt action against media 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Resist repression: Civil Society 27/10/2005
INSN Nepal at the Precipice: Armies of the night, by Brad Adams (Human Rights Watch) 27/10/2005
Nepal News Nepal defends its rights record, blames OHCHR of distorting facts [Yes, the whole world is wrong in its view of the situation in Nepal. Only King Gyanendra and his henchman know how to define the rights of the sovereign Nepali people!] 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post UN accused of ‘deflecting security forces’ image, by Tilak P Pokharel [the typical reaction of authoritarian regimes!] 27/10/2005
News Line Nepal Govt Gets Apex Court's Deadline 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Election sans parties a hollow exercise’, by Dipendra Baduwal 27/10/2005
Nepal News UML gen secy meets Indian PM 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post No alternative to democracy: Singh, by Surendra Phuyal 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Polls as point of departure, by Bipin Adhikari 27/10/2005
News Line Nepal RNA Intensifies Operations Against Maoists [This really helps to use the ceasefire for peace; thank you Gyanendra!] 27/10/2005
South Asian Media Net CPN-UML, Maoists to act in tandem 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Dialogue initiative with Maoists legitimate’ 27/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties can bring Maoists to mainstream 27/10/2005
Asia Media Seven parties to protest against media law: Nepal's political parties will launch protests against new media law to defend the public's right to information 27/10/2005
News Line Nepal Hundred assemble in Kantipur FM premises, general stike on Friday 27/10/2005
News Line Nepal Valley Bandh Was a Compulsion: NC 27/10/2005
Web India 123 Opposition calls strike over media curbs in Nepal 27/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Strike called to protest govt atrocities 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Seven parties announce valley bandh on Oct 28 27/10/2005
Nepal News Seven parties to protest against media law 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Civil society deplores state attack on KFM 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Chomsky and Kantipur FM, by Binod Rijal 27/10/2005
BBC News Anger at threat to Nepal FM radio 27/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt threatens 96.1 license revocation 27/10/2005
Kantipur Online Govt issues 24-hour ultimatum to Kantipur FM 26/10/2005
Kantipur Online Professionals, journos condemn govt attack on Kantipur FM 26/10/2005
News Line Nepal Nepal Defends Its Position On HR, Democracy At UN [a statement full of blatant lies] 26/10/2005
INSN Dalits for nationwide movement against royal takeover [see also comments on Dalit website] 26/10/2005
Nepal News Rights groups call for boycott of elections, ask Maoists to prolong ceasefire 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt flouts SC order again [features of royal absolutism in the 21st century!] 26/10/2005
Nepal News ‘We fear that elections will be a hollow exercise’, by James F. Moriarty, US Ambassador to Nepal 26/10/2005
Nepal News We are troubled by circumstances surrounding the polls: US envoy 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Deeply disappointing and shocking: US govt: Midnight raid on Kantipur FM [see official statement of the US government] 26/10/2005
Web India 123 US ambassador visits targeted radio channel in Nepal 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Kantipur knocks on OHCHR door 26/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Police intervenes in Damak rally 26/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Students burn copies of media ordinance 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Journalists call for defiance of ordinance 26/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Attorney General defends media ordinance [he should better defend constitutional law and fundamental rights!] 26/10/2005
Telegraph An Assessment of Economic Cost of The Ongoing Armed Conflict in Nepal (An empirical examination of the period 1990 – 2005), by Keshav P Acharya 26/10/2005
News Line Nepal Gautam Confirms MK Nepal's Talks With Maoists 26/10/2005
Nepal News Experts for UN support to solve problems 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Intellectuals ask govt to welcome UN 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Polls, ploy to sabotage movement: Leaders 26/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties reiterate poll boycott 26/10/2005
Nepal News Parties should not boycott polls: Ranabhat [Yes, Mr Ranabhat, the constitution is still in place, in the same way as you are still the speaker of a parliament that does not exist for three and a half years! Please give up your title, it is ridiculous!] 26/10/2005
Telegraph Nepal and China have refrained from intervening in each other's internal affairs, by Ramesh Nath Pandey [China's military aid in the current situation and Nepal's Tibet politics are definitely forms of intervention, Mr Pandey!] 26/10/2005
Web India 123 Another Nepal minister off to China [there are not many countries where this illegitimate government is welcome!] 26/10/2005
News Line Nepal US Feels Vibrations Of China's Words 26/10/2005
South Asian Media Net China pledges Rs 72 million military aid 26/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Rs 70m Chinese aid for RNA 26/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Monarchy is root of Nepal's problem [see partial translation of Gagan Thapa's talk in Boston] 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Will restoring House help? by Khagendra N Sharma 25/10/2005
South Asian Media Net Women rally for ‘total democracy’ 25/10/2005
Nepal News Women organize protest rally for democracy 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Declare ceasefire: HR groups 25/10/2005
South Asian Media Net UN urges efforts for peace in Nepal 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Take initiative to continue ceasefire’ 25/10/2005
Nepal News Tripartite dialogue is essential: British envoy 25/10/2005
Web India 123 China gives Nepal $989,000 military aid 25/10/2005
Nepal News China grants Rs 72 million as military aid to Nepal 25/10/2005
BBC News Amnesty offer for Nepal Maoists, by Sushil Sharma 25/10/2005
Web India 123 Nepal offers amnesty to rebels who surrender 25/10/2005
Nepal News Govt to grant amnesty to surrendered Maoists 25/10/2005
Nepal News UML gen secy continues parleys in New Delhi 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Nepal meets Singh, Mukherjee, by Surendra Phuyal 25/10/2005
Nepal News Maoist district committee member killed: RNA 25/10/2005
South Asian Media Net FMs air news under new title 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Respect SC orders 25/10/2005
South Asian Media Net 'Ordinance as per House recommendation' [Yes Mr Dhakal, in other words: the Nepali people are so stupid that they will firmly believe in every constructed and baseless statement of the royal government! But don't forget, this man is only a defender of King Gyanendra's personal politics!] 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Dhakal decries mass march [The difference between the elected governments before October 4, 2002, and the current royal government is very easy to explain: The former governments were based on constitutional procedures while the latter is based on a royal putsch! Hopefully this man will be punished according to international legal standards after the unavoidable downfall of the royal regime!] 25/10/2005

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Kantipur FM has uplinking permit [Dear Kantipur journalists, of course, "government permission" means that of the authoritarian royal government and not the one you may have got from an elected people's government!] 25/10/2005
Outlook India Nepal SC issues notice to govt on press ordinance, by Shrish B Pradhan 25/10/2005
South Asian Media Net SC issues show-cause on media fiat 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post SC demands reply from govt on ordinance, raid 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Follow int’l media conventions: NHRC 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Attack on Kantipur FM condemned 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Attack on Kantipur FM very disturbing: Kahane 25/10/2005
Web India 123 US slams Nepal government for ransacking radio station 25/10/2005
Nepal News US concerned over seizure of equipments from Kantipur FM 25/10/2005
Bloomberg Nepal Tells Media to Respect Law; U.S. Protests Radio Closure 25/10/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Attack on media, show of statelessness’ 24/10/2005
News Line Nepal Statelessness at Its Worst in Nepal 24/10/2005
Nepal News Minister Dhakal warns media, NHRC to study the new ordinance ["Senior journalists have been detained in powerful countries" claims the royal henchman; why should the authoritarian Nepali king not do the same? Information is poison for the people!!] 24/10/2005
Nepal News SC to continue hearing on media law on Sunday 24/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Petition against media ordinance 24/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Kantipur FM moves SC 24/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt raid on Kantipur FM draws nationwide outrage 24/10/2005
Outlook India Nepal bans news from FM radio stations 24/10/2005
South Asian Media Net FM radios barred from airing news 24/10/2005
ABC Radio Australia Nepal bans FM radio stations from broadcasting news 24/10/2005
INSN Police loot radio station in Nepal after nationwide protests: IFJ 24/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Is ceasefire under attack? by Damakant Jayshi 24/10/2005
Nepal News UN welcomes efforts towards reduction of violence: Kahane 24/10/2005
News Line Nepal UN Urges All For Peace Talks 24/10/2005
Nepal News Parties-Maoist dialogue positive development: former premier Thapa 24/10/2005
Nepal News Seven political parties not to register in EC 24/10/2005
Nepal News PABSON urges government to reciprocate truce 24/10/2005
News Line Nepal Feb 1 Sympathyser Rules Out Possibility Of Elections 24/10/2005
South Asian media Net Farmers hit by Maoist diktat 24/10/2005
Kathmandu Post Nepal arrives in Delhi, by Surendra Phuyal 24/10/2005
Telegraph, Calcutta Nepal leader on Delhi mission, by J. Hemanth 24/10/2005
Nepal News UML gen secy to seek moral support from India for democracy 23/10/2005
Guerilla News Network Nepal King Declares