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Award Of Excellence
Jonas Bendiksen Magnum
"Kathmandu Burning"
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Shoes and sandals left on the ground after police
baton-charged protesters. Several people were injured. On April 22nd, after
King Guyenendra tried to pacify the country with an compromise offer, people
still took to the streets, pushing through into the central old part of
KAthmandu. At Ason chowk, they were brutally stopped by police. Large-scale
protests are taking place across Nepal, against the authoritarian rule of
King Guyenendra, and for the re-establishment of democratic rule in Nepal.
The sustained protests are the largest ever against King Guyenendra, who is
under siege both by the pro-democracy protestors, as well as the 10-year
Maoist insurgency. Although the government's Armed Police Forces have cracked
down on the protests brutally, and several people have been killed, they have
not succeeded in stopping large numbers of Nepalis from taking to the
streets.
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