United We Blog

Author: UWB

  • Maobadi, Hamro Vote Firta Le (Return Back Our Votes)

    That’s one of the many slogans that angry people are chanting on the streets of Kathmandu today. I can hear them as I am typing these lines. They are protesting the abduction, torture and killing of Ram Hari Shrestha, a local resident of Koteshwor. Some other slogans are: >Hang Prachanda to death >Down with killer…

  • Feud and Power Struggle Within the Maoist Party

    Who should become the Prime Minister of a Maoist led government? The answer which depends on whom you ask in the Maoist party, it appears, has kicked off another round of power struggle within the former rebel organization. Oh… the power! It changes people, makes people and breaks people. Most people that is, and Maoists…

  • Young Criminal League? Here is Why.

    Expressing serious concern over what it said were criminal activities of YCL (that is, Young Communist League of the Maoist party), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to independently and impartially probe crimes committed by the Maoist youth wing and punish them on charges of criminal offence. “NHRC has received complaints…

  • After the Dinner, They Ate Him Alive

    Eye on Maoist: The Koteshwor area of Kathmandu is tense today, just like yesterday, with traffic to and from Bhaktapur completely disrupted by the agitating locals who are protesting the brutal murder of a local resident by the Maoist PLA recently. Tires are being burnt. As I am typing these lines, people in Tinkune are…

  • Status of the United Nations Mission in Nepal

    Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process Continued from previous blog (Part II of II) III. Status of the United Nations Mission in Nepal 17. As at 24 April 2008, a total of 968 of the authorized 1,048 personnel had been recruited to…

  • UN Report on Progress of Nepal Peace Process

    Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process Part I of II [Here is the II part.] I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1796 (2008), by which the Council, following the request of the Government of Nepal…

  • People on the Street Chant a New Slogan: Down With Maoist

    A reporter’s diary detailing pre-election atrocities of the Maoist in far west Nepal in Blogmandu. Residents of Koteshwor organized an anti-Maoist protest rally today by blocking traffic. Eye on Maoist: Even after the surprise victory in the April 10 CA polls, the Maoist hasn’t changed its wartime behavior of intimidation, abduction and killings. The Maoist…