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Category Archives: Radio Free Nepal

Radio Free Nepal was a blog that ran during ex-King Gyanendra’s direct rule of Nepal defying the tight censorship and was instrumental in getting out information out of Nepal. The blog was at freenepal.blogspot.com which has now been closed.

More about RFN here

The banner reads: King Gyandendra of Nepal has issued a ban on independent news broadcasts and has threatened to punish newspapers for reports that run counter to the official monarchist line. Given that any person in Nepal publishing reports critical of “the spirit of the royal proclamation” is subject to punishment and/or imprisonment, contributors to this blog will publish their reports from Nepal anonymously.

3/17/2005
by Ujjwal Acharya
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A run through of what’s happened in last few days

The King started using media as a mean of propaganda. State-owned National News Agency distributed a news item in its March 14 bulletin that no newspaper wished to miss. It was about the rift in insurgents’ group saying that top … Continue reading →

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3/14/2005
by Ujjwal Acharya
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Defying Court Orders

Two student leaders Rajendra Rai and Rup Narayan Shrestha were ordered to be released by the Supreme Court on May 16. The policemen were ready to re-arrest them inside the court premises – as soon as they came out along … Continue reading →

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3/14/2005
by Ujjwal Acharya
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Attempts to Blur Borderlines

Is peace equivalent to the King’s rule? Is Royal Nepal Army’s success against Maoists is the King’s success? Are political parties and rebel group similar? Are political parties supporting insurgency? There are attempts to make people believe all the answers … Continue reading →

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3/13/2005
by Ujjwal Acharya
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“Don’t Cover Ex-PM’s News Conference”

To present itself as the non-violator of the human rights and prove the political leaders are arrested just for a time being in the 61st session of International Conference on Human Rights, the King-led government freed ex-Prime Minister Sher Bahadur … Continue reading →

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3/13/2005
by Ujjwal Acharya
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Student Leader’s Appeal II

Appeal to the International Community by Gagan Kumar Thapa on behalf of the Democratic Youth of Nepal 12 March 2005, Kathmandu After the royal-military coup of 1 February 2005, dictator Gyanendra Shah and his unaccountable military machine in Nepal has … Continue reading →

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