Nepal

Activist puts up communist posters.
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US cash triggers resistance in Nepal

Protests oppose US intervention in Nepal
22 February 2022
International roundup—Fear as Covid-19 spreads from India to Nepal
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International roundup—Fear as Covid-19 spreads from India to Nepal

India’s Covid-19 crisis is spreading across the border into neighbouring Nepal.
10 May 2021
West leaves victims of South Asia floods to rot as homes are swept away in monsoon
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West leaves victims of South Asia floods to rot as homes are swept away in monsoon

Over 1,200 people are dead, millions displaced and a third of Bangladesh is under water after devastating floods hit parts of South Asia.
05 September 2017
Anger in Nepal as global powers compete over aid
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Anger in Nepal as global powers compete over aid

Nepal is gripped by growing anger more than a week after the earthquake that has so far claimed more than 6,600 lives.
05 May 2015
The poor bear the brunt of misery after Nepal's earthquake
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The poor bear the brunt of misery after Nepal’s earthquake

Tens of thousands of Nepalis who survived last week’s earthquake but lost their homes are now in desperate peril.
28 April 2015
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King removed from throne in Nepal

There were celebrations across Nepal last week as the Himalayan kingdom declared itself a republic, and gave the former king notice to quit his palace.
03 June 2008
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Maoist win creates a storm in Nepal

The victory of the Maoist communists in Nepal, who won almost half of the seats in last week’s constituent assembly elections and are now set to form a government, has rocked the country.
22 April 2008
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Nepal: The End of the War – But What Next?

On Tuesday 21 November 2006, at 8.30 pm, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chairman Prachanda signed a Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) bringing an official end to the decade-long "People's War" launched by the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) in February 1996.
01 December 2006
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Movement brings change to Nepal

The battle for a democratic republic in Nepal took a step forward last week.
23 May 2006
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Maoism and Marxism

The political crisis in Nepal has focused the attention of the Western media on Maoism for the first time in decades. An avowedly Maoist organisation – the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) – has led an insurgency which holds most of the countryside and is within an ace of toppling the autocratic king.
20 May 2006
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Italy – can the party last?

Read our monthly supplement, with a lead article by Chris Bambery on Italy, an interview with French novelist Faïza Guène, Third World Reports on Nepal, Nicaragua and Lebanon, and much more
13 May 2006
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Nepal: Next Steps in Democracy Struggle

During April hundreds of thousands of people came out onto the streets of Nepal in an impressive show of anger against the authoritarian regime of King Gyanendra. In the wake of the king's concessions to the protesters, everyone is asking questions about what will happen next.
01 May 2006
Nepal: revolution at the crossroads
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Nepal: revolution at the crossroads

The popular uprising in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal was celebrating a victory as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday of this week. The country had been paralysed for weeks by a general strike and popular movement against the hated and brutal regime of King Gyanendra.
29 April 2006
Nepal: new forces join the struggle
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Nepal: new forces join the struggle

The indefinite general strike in Nepal demanding democracy and an end to rule by the king was entering its third week as Socialist Worker went to press.
22 April 2006
Nepal: general strike continues despite repression
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Nepal: general strike continues despite repression

Massive state repression has failed to break a general strike that began in Nepal on Thursday of last week. The strike is backed by all the main political parties, including the Maoist rebels who control much of the countryside.
15 April 2006
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Nepal’s deep crisis

For several months towards the end of last year, the prolongation of a unilateral ceasefire declared by Nepal’s Maoist rebels was not reciprocated by the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA). But it meant that ordinary people were able to visit their families with less risk of being caught up in the conflict.
04 March 2006
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General strike for democracy brings Nepal to a standstill

Pro-democracy activists burnt an effigy of the Nepalese King Gyanendra during protests that rocked the Himalayan kingdom last week.
04 February 2006
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General strike called in Nepal to demand ‘total democracy’

Opposition political parties in Nepal have called a general strike, set for Thursday of this week, to protest against direct rule by King Gyanendra.
28 January 2006
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Political crisis deepens in Nepal

On 1 February the king of Nepal declared a state of emergency. The country was cut off for several days from the outside world as the Royal Nepalese Army severed all telecommunications links.
26 March 2005
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A right royal coup in Nepal

The decision of the king of Nepal to dismiss his prime minister, declare a state of emergency and take over all executive powers at the beginning of February shocked many Nepalis and external commentators alike.
12 February 2005
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Why I’m fighting for asylum rights

THAM SARKI, an asylum seeker from Nepal, is to appear before an immigration appeal tribunal on Tuesday 3 August at 10am at Taylor House, 88 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1 (Angel tube).
31 July 2004
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Activists win refugee reprieve

PRESSURE FROM local campaigners in Lewisham, South London, has won Tham Sarki, an asylum seeker from wartorn Nepal, a temporary reprieve from deportation. Over 750 letters were written to David Blunkett in support of the Lewisham College student.
05 July 2003
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Anti-deportation

FRIENDS AND campaigners were angered by the news that SWP member Tham Sarki was detained on Friday 17 January and is facing deportation. Tham is an asylum seeker from Nepal and is currently studying at Lewisham College in south London.
25 January 2003