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COLUMN SIXTY-SIX, DECEMBER 1, 2001
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CRISIS IN NEPAL

Subject: [Fwd: Fw: [DocsActivistsList] NEPAL]
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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From: "Doc Rosen" <drdrdoc@dr.com>
To: announce-dan@yahoogroups.com, cuaf@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 02:36:45 +0800
Subject: [DocsActivistsList] NEPAL
Message-ID: <20010608183646.2375.qmail@mail.com>

> 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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