Category: UWB Photo Blog

Maoists should learn not to use civilian population as a shield in their war against the state The Driving Force: Armed Maoist guerillas use a public passenger bus that was ferrying unarmed people from Tikaupr to Dhangadi via Mahendra Highway. Guerillas forcefully boarded in the vehicle from Masuriya. They traveled about 15 kilometers to Chaumala.…

Three Images From Nepal: Brutality, Dispair and Celebration Comrades’ Crime: He is Dhani Ram Chaudhari, a resident of Dudhrakshya VDC, Rupandahi district. He was injured in an ambush set up by the Maoists in a bridge over Tulbulia Khola near Murgiya Bazaar of Rupandahi’s Parhoha VDC. As he tried to pull a flag attached to…

We all know that pro-democracy CPN UML cadre Umesh Thapa was killed by the army on the Feb 8 Municipal Election Day in Dang. In addition to that, securitymen had come heavily against unarmed activists who were protesting the election. The woman on the photos is Shusman Sharma, leader of CPN UML, who was mercilessly…

Their Achievement: Kamal Thapa, the Home Minister of the royal Nepal Cabinet and Chairman of the “victorious” pro-government faction of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in the municipal election lifts the Award (that reads “20%”). He asks: “Is this small?” And the cameraman tries to console him by saying, “Small? No. It’s the achievement of our…

I AM THE MAYOR THAPA: As newly elected officials of Pokhara Municipality were taking oaths in Dipendra Sabha Griha, people put posters with sarcastic slogans over an abandoned ox targeting Bhimsen Thapa, the Mayor [The message reads: I am Mayor Bhimsen Thapa]. The animal went around the Chowk for about one and a half-hour. After…

Images from the site where security personnel and the Maoist guerillas fought (Feb 10) killing 17 securitymen and 4 Maoists. Pics by Dipendra Baduwal Locals look for the corpses of soldiers in the field on Friday morning. This is where the fighting took place.

– I AM THE MAYOR THAPA: As newly elected officials of Pokhara Municipality were taking oaths in Dipendra Sabha Griha, people put posters with sarcastic slogans over an abandoned ox targeting Bhimsen Thapa, the Mayor [The message reads: I am Mayor Bhimsen Thapa]. The animal went around the Chowk for about one and a half-hour.…