Verdict: Loss Of Crown, Property And Liberty For Gyanendra Shaha

The mass arrest of political leaders and human rights activists is despicable. The ban on the fundamental human right to peaceful assembly is despicable. The relentless assault on free speech is despicable.

Enough is enough.

It is time for the democratic forces to show non-violent, peaceful demonstrators for democracy and human rights are stronger than the mightiest army.

I urge the seven party alliance to unilaterally declare the 1999 House revived and unilaterally declare the formation of an all party government.

It is high time for the international community to take a stand. Enough is enough. It behooves India, China, Europe, America, the UN, and all other powers and countries on the planet to recognize that government.

Sack all ambassadors appointed by the king. This king does not speak for Nepal, he does not represent Nepal, he does not lead Nepal.

The revived House has to organize a non-violent French revolution. The House has to take command of the army. The House has to confiscate the king's crown, property and liberty. He has to be sent to jail.

Movement time is over. This is now revolution time.

The revived House will be no ordinary House. It will be a revolutionary House. It will have the authority to smash the old order by taking control of the state army and ending the monarchy.

18^th January, 2006

New York

Press Release

FORMATION OF A HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION COORDINATION COMMITTEE

Deeply concerned about the gross violations of human rights in Nepal, Nepalese Democratic Youth Council in USA (NDYCUSA) and Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights in Nepal (ADHRN) jointly took an initiation and formed a Human Rights Protection Coordination Committee with some of prominent US-based Nepali intellectuals, human rights activists and lawyers at a meeting in New York. The scope and functions of Human Rights Protection Coordination Committee (referred to as the “Committee” below) will be as follows:

Functions and Scope:

1. The Committee shall gather information, facts and evidence on, and conduct investigation into, the cases of gross violations of human rights perpetrated against Nepali citizens in Nepal by the Nepali politicians, administrators, army officers, police officers and armed police officers, as well as by the leaders and commanders of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), by themselves individually or by instructions to their subordinates;

2. The Committee, as and when it finds credible evidence of gross violation of human rights by the government officials and Maoist functionaries as mentioned above, shall help to carry out legal action against them by filing lawsuits in appropriate courts of law, such as US courts, International Criminal Court, or tribunals, which may have jurisdiction on such cases;

3. The Committee, in extraordinary circumstances, shall assist victims of gross violation of human rights or their family members to travel to another country for testifying in a court of law;

4. The Committee may maintain a list of the accused human rights violators of Nepal and furnish such list to, among others, human rights organizations, the media, human rights agencies of Nepal and appropriate agencies of other countries, as well as to the United Nations and other international organizations;

5. The Committee may coordinate its activities and work, as necessary, with individuals and human rights organizations from Nepal and from other countries in collecting relevant information, facts and evidence on the specific cases of grave abuse and violation of human rights in Nepal; and

6. The Committee shall take up the grave cases human rights violation in Nepal, with particular focus on those that have occurred on or after February 1, 2005.

Through this press release, the Committee urges the victims of human rights violation and their family members to provide concrete and specific information, facts and evidence on the cases of persecution, torture, rape, murder or otherwise serious harm committed by government or Maoist officials directly or indirectly. The Committee also requests civil society, in Nepal and other countries, including media persons, human rights activists, civil servants, military and police personnel, human rights organizations, and all other interested individuals who have witnessed and recorded gross violation of human rights or learned about it, to provide such information and evidence to the Committee to carry out its tasks.

Any person or organization willing to provide any facts, information and evidence of gross abuse and violation of human rights that has taken place consistent with point 6 above should do so by sending an e-mail to investigatehumanrightsabuseinNepal@hotmail.com. The identity of those who provide such information shall be kept in strict confidence and shall not be disclosed without their consent.

Anand Bist

President

Nepalese Democratic Youth Council, USA

Sanjaya Parajuli

President

Alliance for democracy and Human Rights in Nepal

List of politicians and others arrested on Thursday

S.N.	Name	Affiliated Party
1	Ram Chandra Poudel	Nepali Congress (NC)
2	Pradeep Nepal	CPN-UML
3	Gopalman Shrestha	Nepali Congress NC (D)
4	Subhas Nemwang	CPN-UML
5	Shekhar Koirala	NC
6	Shashanka Koirala	NC
7	Sujata Koirala	NC
8	Ishwor Pokharel	CPN-UML
9	Yuva Raj Karki	CPN-UML
10	Trilochan Dhakal	CPN-UML
11	Mahendra Pandey	CPN-UML
12	Pari Thapa	United Front (UF)
13	Gagan Thapa	NSU
14	Mahesh Shrestha	NC
15	Krishna Lal Shrestha	CPN-UML
16	Raghuji Panta	CPN-UML
17	Keshav Badal	CPN-UML
18	Krishna Pahadi	HR Activist
19	Shyam Shrestha	HR Activist
20	Devendra Pandey	HR Activist
21	Mukunda Neupane	CPN-UML
22	Bhim Rawal	CPN-UML
23	Pradip Gyawali	CPN-UML
24	Gokarna Bista	CPN-UML
25	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	CPN-UML
26	Vidya Bhandari	CPN-UML
27	Lila Mani Pokharel	UF
28	Krishna Lal Maharjan	CPN-UML
29	Madhav Poudel	CPN-UML
30	Mitha Ram Sharma, Bajgain	CPN-UML
31	Ram Kumari Jhankri	ANNFSU
32	Radheshayam Jhonchhe	NC
33	Prem Suwal	NWPP
34	Gobinda Gautam	President-Saraswati Campus
35	Rajendra Khanal	CPN-UML -Nuwakot
36	Om Rajbahak	CPN-UML
37	Sudarshan Acharya	NC
38	Lekhnath Neupane	NC
39	Rajendra Kr. Rajthala	NC
40	Bimal Pun	President-Sano Thimi Campus
41	Rajendra Shrestha	CPN-UML
42	Yogendra Sangroula	Unknown
43	Bidur Mainali	CPN-UML
44	Bimlendra Niddhi	NC-D
45	Ram Sharan Mahat	NC-D
46	Binod Shrestha	GS/GFONT
47	Omkar Shrestha	NC
48	Jagat Raj Shakya	NC
49	Chandra Maharjan	NC
50	Prem Krishna Maharjan	NC
51	Gokul Khadka	NC
52	Chakra Banstola	NC
53	Khum Bdr. Khadka	NC
54	Baldev Majhgaina	NC
55	Govind Maharjan	UF
56	Dipendra Shrestha	UF
57	Rom Lal Maharjan	UF
58	Dip Ram Maharjan	UF
59	Hari Maharjan	UF
60	Tulsi Maharjan	UF
61	Prakash Sharan Mahat	NC-D
62	Pradip Giri	NC-D
63	Bibindra Shrestha	UF
64	Astahlaxmi Shrestha	CPN-UML
65	Laxman Ghimire	NC
66	Siddhi Lal Singh	CPN-UML

Source: HURON (Updated 12:15 p. m.)

In The News

Prohibitory order in the capital justified: Govt. NepalNews
“This is the govt’s most undemocratic act:” Nidhi .... Minutes before his arrest, General Secretary of Nepali Congress (Democratic), Bimalendra Nidhi.... Talking to Nepalnews over phone at around 10:15 this morning, newly appointed general secretary of NC (D), Nidhi said, “Security personnel are awaiting me at the gate of my residence. I am putting on clothes and my family members are looking at me with utmost disappointment and uncertainty.” .....
Dozens of opposition leaders arrested This is state-sponsored anarchy at its worst: UML leader Nepal “This is also a proof that the royal government is breathing its last,” he added..... “This government has been isolated and has lost support from everywhere. The latest autocratic move of the government is nothing but an indication of the defeated mentality of the royal regime,” he said...... He claimed that their valley-wide program slated for Friday would be a grand success. “If the leaders are arrested, common people will take the movement forward,” he said...... UML leader Nepal also informed that security personnel cross over the compound wall of his house to enter into his residence early in the morning. “Security personnel were here at around 4: 00 in the morning. They raided my residence at around 6:30 am. They were asking about our party leader Bamdev Gautam,” he told us.
Rights activists Pahadi, Dr. Panday, Shrestha arrested A family member of Pahadi told Nepalnews that plainclothes security personnel took Pahadi into custody at around 5:30 a. m. this morning..... family members of Dr. Panday told Nepalnews that security personnel took him into custody as soon as he returned to his house from morning walk at around 8:30 p. m.
Government cuts off mobile telephone service The government suspended mobile telephone service from Thursday ahead of the mass meeting of the seven political parties..... the second time the mobile service has been disrupted following the February 1 royal takeover. The government suspended telephone and mobile service immediately after the February 1 royal takeover...... landline telephone services resumed at 8:30 a.m. Landlines and mobile phones went dead early this morning.
16 arrested leaders handed 3-month detention warrant; students defy govt. ban
Dozens detained in Nepal ahead of anti-king rally Reuters.uk, UK
Nepal Gov't Detains Politicians, Activists Houston Chronicle
Parties, King head for a showdown in Nepal Indian Express
Nepal cuts phone lines, arrests feared Reuters AlertNet
Nepal Curfew Extended by One Hour OhmyNews International, South Korea
UN deplores Nepal king's ban on rallies Times of India
‘Fluid’ Nepal situation has India worried The Statesman, India
Nepal Opposition leaders arrested at dawn NewKerala.com, India Over 300 people, including key opposition leaders, were arrested early Thursday across Nepal as King Gyanendra's government again snapped telephone links and imposed a seven-hour curfew in the Kathmandu Valley for an indefinite period...... Minutes after curfew ended at 4 a.m., security personnel began a spate of raids countrywide, arresting senior opposition leaders from their residences....The UML said 13 of its top leaders had been arrested....The government clamped down curfew from 9 p.m. Wednesday and soon after it ended at 4 a.m. Thursday, all telephone lines were snapped.....Though landlines were restored after 8 a.m., mobile phones still remained disconnected. There was fear that telephone lines would be snapped again...Opposition leaders said chiefs of opposition parties, including Girija Prasad Koirala of the Nepali Congress and Madhav Kumar Nepal of the UML, were under surveillance that could develop into house arrest.
Govt arrests political leaders in Nepal; telephone lines cut Outlook (subscription)
Nepal monarchy's secret plan to undermine opposition NewKerala.com
India closely watching Nepal Kantipur Online, Nepal
Dozens Arrested in Nepal for Defying Order OhmyNews International, South Korea
Nepal Bans Peaceful Public Gatherings OhmyNews International
Nepal Govt Detaines Over 2 Dozen Leaders, Cellular Phone Lines Cut ... NewsLine Nepal, Nepal
Political Movement Gathering Momentum NewsLine Nepal