Digging Out A Maoist Corpse For Medical Test

Posted on July 6th, 2006 by UWB

An National Human Rights team with an unidentified boy it exhumed at Mulkhola, Masanghat in Kavrepalanchowk on Wednesday. Pics by Bikash Karki via the Kathmandu Post
By Kiran Chapagain
The Kathmandu Post (For the record)
MULKHOLA MASANGHAT, Kavre, July 5- For Tirtha Maya Tamang, a local housewife, it took over two years to see the riddle of her [...]

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Turning Supreme Court into Royal Court

Posted on December 26th, 2005 by kiran

By Kiran Chapagain
Royal Nepal government desperately wants to fill up the Supreme Court positions with its supporters
If you are amongst the ones who have keenly followed the heated debate over the appointment of “conservative” judges in the US Supreme Court in recent months, hold your breath for an equally pugnacious debate at home. As [...]

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Monarchy Debated In Court, First Time in Nepal

Posted on August 9th, 2005 by kiran

By Kiran Chapagain on August 9th, 2005 in Eagle Eye
King’s constitutionality questioned in the court for the first time in Nepal. An analysis
The debate over the constitutionality of King Gyanendra has now reached to the court from the streets of the capital. Now lawyers have begun to question the constitutionality of the king as the [...]

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Constitution Amended?

Posted on July 29th, 2005 by kiran

By Kiran Chapagain on July 29th, 2005 in Eagle Eye
In yet another setback to the Nepal’s Constitution, the king has “amended” the constitution through a decree early Friday morning. The state-owned Radio Nepal in its 7 am news bulletin said that the king has, in accordance with the Article 127 of the Constitution, granted authority [...]

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I Am Not Safe In Jail: Gagan Thapa

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by kiran

By Kiran Chapagain on July 28th, 2005 in Eagle Eye
Gagan Thapa, Nepal’s top student leader, feels insecure in the jail. Plus, he WILL fight for the presidency of Nepal Student’s Union from inside the jail.
On Wednesday morning while cooking food, I had long a long discussion with my brother about the upcoming general convention of [...]

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