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Nepal: Democrats, Maoists Gearing For Peace Talks

Categories: South Asia, Nepal, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

After the spectacular success of the April Revolution, the seven party alliance has not moved fast enough for some, but it sure has been moving steady. It has undone many of the king's ordinancnes, it has reciprocated the Maoists’ ceasefire, and it is getting ready to hold formal peace talks with the Maoists.

United We Blog [1] has a string of interesting articles on the now surfaced Maoists: The Days Of Maoist Comrades Have Come IV [2], Meanwhile Maoist Comrades Continue Extortion, Looting and Beating [3], Conversation Between a Maoist Guerilla and a Soldier [4], The Days of Maoist Comrades Have Come III [5], The Maoists As I Know Them [6], Part 1 [7], The Days of Maoist Comrades Have Come II [8], The Days of Maoist Comrades Have Come [9], Maoist Vigil and Protest Against Monarchy [10].

Samudaya [11] has a string of audio transcripts of some speeches made in Kathmandu: Gagan Thapa [12], Hari Roka [13], Ram Kumari Jhankri [14], Rajendra Rai [15], Krishna Pahadi [16]. They are in Nepali.

Mero Sansar [17] has one from the Maoist supremo Prachanda [18] himself. It is also in Nepali.

Democracy For Nepal [19] warns of Prachanda's Transitional Republic [20].