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CRISIS IN NEPAL
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Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 23:22:35 -0600
From: Cordley Coit <l.corazon@prodigy.net>
Organization: Rocky Mountain Media Collective
To: AL ARONOWITZ <info@blacklistedjournalist.com>
Al
you get anything on this. Doc is straight shooter I don't know the girl. The
story sounds plausible but I know nothing about Nepal.
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"Doc Rosen" <drdrdoc@dr.com>
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Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 02:36:45 +0800
Subject: [DocsActivistsList] NEPAL
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From: "Amy Ross" <anarchfem@hotmail.com>
FUCK
the last two days have been some of the most amazing in my life. The news you
are getting in NZ is probably CNN bullshit. The late King and family in Nepal
have been a symbol for the people of being independent from imperialist rule for
a start so that is partly why the grief is so immense. The king’s brother has
just now been crowned king and the people are uprising. The king’s brother is
much hated by Nepalese people and activists alike. He was cast out from Nepal
for corruption and went to live in India. The campaign against corruption is
huge and the prime minister is also a target. So when the whole family (actually
13 people) were massacred the govt blamed the crown prince saying he shot
everyone and then himself. No one believed this. Now the govt says it was an
accident. Fuck sorry if this is crazy but I am typing hard out we are under
threat from the army who are everywhere. So essentially the king’s brother
arranged for his son to kill everyone so he could be king. The people are not
accepting him and there are riots everywhere. Martial law has been imposed and
the conference is cancelled pretty much. A few of us are staying though and
networking and supporting. The radical organisations that organised it have been
outlawed under martial law and they fear arrest. A few of us have been caught up
in demos on the street I think I have some good photos of the cops beating
people with sticks but I was running as fast as I could at the time. 10 people
have also been shot dead by the army. This is very important to get out as they
are refusing to let people report it. Also the only witness alive to the
massacre has just been poisoned by the govt so there is no witness apart from
the new king’s son who people believe did it. The investigation committee
comprises of the ruling party only and is a farce. People are amazing here they
have nothing but their bare hands and they are standing up to guns sticks
knives. I hope my photos are good. About 10 of us are keen to support the
Nepalese people and try and get the word back to our countries. We trekked into
the peasant communities yesterday to share resources and food and they welcomed
us like heroes it was fucking incredible. But then we got trapped because the
army said they would shoot us if we came back to our base. Crazy. We are
reasonably safe because we are foreigners and we feel strongly about being part
of making history. Nepal may face civil war and the end of monarchy at this rate
and it is a privilege beyond belief to be here. We are a tight-knit group and
hope to make some difference. I have to run again they are imposing curfew in
half an hour and if you are outside you get shot.
I
will try and email soon.
love
amy ##
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