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Police Raid Home of Top Nepalese Opposition Leader

HeadlineMar 23, 2006

In Nepal, police have raided the home of one of the country’s top opposition leaders — Madhav Kumar Nepal the head of the Communist Party of Nepal. Armed police raided his house without a warrant and seized his telephone, computer and fax machine. Mr. Nepal has been under house arrest for the past two months and had already had his phone disconnected. Nepal has been a key organizer of the nationwide protests against Nepal’s King Gyanendra who seized complete control of the government last year.

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