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Ritual Animal Slaughter Begins in Nepal
World  (tags: News, world, Animal, slaughter, 10000, Nepal, asia )

Katie
- 2 days ago - edition.cnn.com
The two-day ritual slaughter of tens of thousands of animals -- among the world's largest sacrifice of animals -- began Tuesday in southern Nepal, officials said.
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Unmoved By Protests, Nepal Set to Host Animal Sacrifice Fair
World  (tags: News, Animal, nepal )

Katie
- 18 days ago - hindustantimes.com
India's animal rights activist and politician Maneka Gandhi's protest and Nepal's 'Budhha Boy' Ram Bahadur Bomjan's appeal won't be able to prevent the sacrifice of nearly half-a-million animals at this month's Gadhimai Mela in this Himalayan nation.
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Sgn Petition: Call on Nepal's Prime Minister to Provide Justice for Maina Sunuwar
World  (tags: world, amnesty, international, nepal, justice, Maina Sunuwar, torture, crime, death, cruelty, violence, HumanRights, freedoms, government, corruption, children, electric, shocks, drowning )

Tom
- 111 days ago - amnesty.org
In 2004, the Nepal Army took 15 year-old Maina Sunuwar from her home and repeatedly pushed her head under water and applied electric shocks to her wet hands and feet. She died after an hour and a half of torture. They buried her body in a secret grave.
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Violence Against Nepali Women
World  (tags: Nepal, Violence against Women, children, government )

Sally
- 145 days ago - newsblaze.com
With lack of responsibility of leaders towards the people, Nepal is beset with many problems. The agitation of ethnic groups, the Terai, womens problems, childrens problems, scarcity of petroleum and other commodities.
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Desperate Plight of Nepal 'Slave Girls'
World  (tags: world, children, slavery, girls, orphans, poverty, rape, cruelty, money, education, human rights, freedom, nepal )

Tom
- 268 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
In the undergrowth, 13-year-old Junu Shrestha hacks away to gather fodder for her landlady's cattle. When she has collected a pile bigger than herself, she hoists it on her back and fixes it with a headband. She trudges back to the house, 20 minutes away.
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Nepali Police 'Torture Children'
World  (tags: Nepal, HRW, Children's Rights )

Ben
- 374 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The international pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused police in Nepal of torturing children.
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China Today: Nepal Arrests Anti-China Tibetans & Olympic Clean Up in Beijing
World  (tags: Beijing, Nepal, Tibet, Olympics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china, HumanRights, humanrights, tibet, violence )

Joanna
- 477 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested during a protest against Chinese policy on the eve of the opening of the Olympics in Beijing. What covers a 10-foot-tall brick wall in Beijing?
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500 Tibetans Arrested in Nepal
World  (tags: Nepal, Oppression, Violence, Tibetan arrests, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 523 days ago - phayul.com
New Delhi, June 22 - Some 500 Tibetans were arrested outside the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu on Saturday for demonstrating against the gross display of power by China which paraded the Olympic torch through Tibet's Capital, Lhasa.
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Nepal's King Denies Exile Reports
World  (tags: Nepal, Elections, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 585 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
King Gyanendra of Nepal has dismissed reports that he will go into exile after the election success of former Maoist rebels.
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Leading Tibetan Writer, Performer, Producer Arrested
World  (tags: world, writer, kathmandu, nepal, tibet )

Dagmar
- 586 days ago - rfa.org
KATHMANDU -- Chinese authorities in Tibet have arrested a leading Tibetan writer, television producer, and performer in the midst of a major crackdown on anti-Chinese protests in the region.
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Nepal Arrests Tibetan Protesters
World  (tags: Tibet, Nepal, Violence, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 589 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Police in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu have arrested several hundred Tibetan exiles. Tibetan exiles and a police spokesman told the BBC that a total of 508 were being held in four locations....
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Chinese Police Fire on Tibetan Protesters, Death Toll Unknown
World  (tags: nepal, kathmandu, tibet, china )

Dagmar
- 601 days ago - rfa.org
KATHMANDU--Paramilitary police in China's southwestern Sichuan province fired on a crowd of Tibetan protesters demanding the release of two detained monks, killing and wounding an unknown number of people
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Tibetans in Nepal Stage Biggest Protest Before Chinese Consulate
World  (tags: Nepal, tibet, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china )

Jaron
- 606 days ago - phayul.com
Tibetans in Nepal staged their biggest demonstration in front of the Chinese Consulate in Kathmandu today to protest against Chinese rule and the ongoing crackdown on Tibetan demonstrators in Tibet.
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Nepal Police Halt Tibet Protest
World  (tags: Tibet, Nepal, violence, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 607 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
"The protesters were beaten back from the fortified compound by police armed with bamboo batons. A Tibetan activist said a girl and a monk were badly hurt..."
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Tibetans Continue Protest in Kathmandu
World  (tags: Tibet, Nepal, China )

Ben
- 608 days ago - phayul.com
Tibetans in Nepal have been protesting regularly since the March 10. This is the third time they protested in front of the Chinese Consulate. This morning around 10, over 100 Tibetans mainly monks and nuns protested in front of the Chinese Consulate.
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