June 26, 2007
*Exclusive* Interview with Communist Party Of Nepal (Maoist) chariman Comrade Prachanda
Question: Now that the interim Government has given itself the power to abolish the monarchy, if the King interferes in politics, don’t you think you should withdraw your demand for the immediate abolition of the monarchy?
Prachanda: No, we don’t feel that. Although the Parliament has already decided that two-thirds majority of Parliament can abolish the monarchy, in that sense we feel that our demand is justified.
Question: So you want Parliament to abolish the monarchy immediately?
Prachanda: Yes, we want that Parliament should take initiative and monarchy should be abolished immediately.
Question: But then what is the point of having a constituent Assembly in four or five months’ time. This should be decided by the Assembly. (more…)
June 25, 2007
Respectable editors and all representatives of the media. Struggle
greetings to you.
We are sending this press release on posters released by state police
against us. Requesting to favour this for the publication.
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Cuttack: Two suspected Maoists entered the conference room of the Orissa High Court Bar Association on Saturday afternoon 23rd June and managed to leave bundles of leaflets pertaining to their two-day economic blockade agitation on June 26 and 27.
About 40 lawyers and other people who were present in the hall situated within the High Court premises came to know about the act only after the latter left the spot.
Lawyers present during the incident said that two persons entered the conference room at around 1.30 pm and left at least four bundles of leaflets on the table before leaving. The papers were found to be Maoist leaflets afterwards.
The Maoists had distributed leaflets and literatures in Cuttack and the Capital city in the past. But they had never entered a government premises so far.
In the leaflet that was found on the spot, the Communist Party of India (Maoist) said that the economic blockade was being organised by them in protest against the police excesses and the government policies with regard to the establishment special economic zones (SEZ), and resettlement and rehabilitation policy.
Criticising both the Central and State Governments for facilitating SEZs in different parts of the country and giving land and mineral reserves to private companies, the organisation urged the people to support their two-day agitation.
Condemning the police massacres at places such as Nandigram, Singur and Kalinga Nagar, the organisation also condemned the Salwa Judum programme of Chhattisgarh government alleging that police were killing innocent people in the name of fighting ‘extremism’.
According to Kuensel- the Bhutanese Official daily news site, thirty people including three students, have been arrested by the Bhutanese reactionaries recently on charges of being engaged in creating awareness of the communist Maoist ideology and provide training in the use of arms and explosives to begin an armed rebellion/People’ s war against the repressive Bhutanese government. (more…)
June 18, 2007
Hace poco, se convocó el VI Conferencia Regional de Partidos y Organizaciones Maoístas del Sur de Asia Unidos en el Movimiento Revolucionario Internacionalista en una situación en que, tanto en el sur de Asia como en el mundo, las oportunidades y los retos que enfrentan las fuerzas maoístas se intensifican en el contexto de la nueva ola emergente de la revolución mundial y de la ofensiva contrarrevolucionar ia liderada por el imperialismo estadounidense, el enemigo principal de los pueblos del mundo. Esta situación se ve especialmente en Nepal, donde la revolución de nueva democracia liderada por el Partido Comunista de Nepal (Maoísta) ha pasado a una etapa crítica. Se homenajeó a los mártires revolucionarios, (more…)
June 9, 2007
Young Communist League (YCL) cadres burn an effigy of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in protest of the PM calling them “young criminal league”, Tuesday evening, June 05 07. nepalnews.com
Miembros de la Liga de la Juventud Comunista (LJC) queman efigies del Primer Ministro Koirala en protesta por sus afirmaciones de que la Liga es la Liga de la juventud criminal.
June 6, 2007
BHUTÁN:
Los periodistas en los campos de refugiados de Bhután en Nepal piden ayuda
IFEX.- Se estima que un sexto de la población de Bhután, especialmente la minoría lhotshampa, fue desalojada por la fuerza del país a principios de los noventa y gran parte de los desplazados viven ahora en campos de refugiados en Nepal e India. En Bhután, casi todos los medios están controlados por el estado.
[02-06-2007]
Para mantener informados a los refugiados y a los que quedan en Bhután, se han creado varios medios en los campos de refugiados a lo largo de los años. Pero se están enfrentando a una crisis financiera. Las leyes de Nepal prohíben a los extranjeros vender sus publicaciones en el mercado local, e incluso si los periodistas refugiados pudieran vender sus periódicos, su público no podría permitirse comprarlos.
Se han fundado en el exilio organizaciones como la Asociación de Activistas de Libertad de Prensa (APFA) en Bhután, el Sindicato de Prensa de Bhután (BPU) y la Red de Medios del Tercer Mundo (TWMN) - Capítulo Bhután, para hacer campaña a favor de la libre expresión en el país. (more…)
After five days of isolation and torture Krishna Sen died, the blows, boots, and lathis of the men in uniform raining down upon him. He was kept captive in the highest building in Mahendra Police Club, next to its Judo Hall. His hands were bound behind his back, and he was repeatedly asked to say “This country belongs to the king.” (more…)
June 3, 2007
Gary Leupp
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), leading what many have considered the most advanced Maoist movement in the world for the last decade, has recently been accused of attacks on gay people and of indulging in anti-gay rhetoric. Unfortunately, the reports seem valid. In January, a senior party leader, Dev Gurung, now Minister of Local Development in Nepal’s transitional government, was quoted in the press as stating: “Under Soviet rule and when China was still very much a communist state, there were no homosexuals in the Soviet Union or China. Now [that] they are moving towards capitalism, homosexuals may have arisen there as well. So homosexuality is a product of capitalism. Under socialism this kind of problem does not exist.”
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