[Onthebarricades] NEPAL: Landless farmers protest

[Andy]

      http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=1103
      NEPAL: LANDLESS STAGE SIT-IN PROTEST 
      TGW 
      A group claiming to have been enjoying the support of more than 16 lakhs landless farmers in Nepal staged a sit-in protest in front of the Prime Minister's residence.

      While the landless farmers were staging their protest programs, the EPA meet was going on inside the closed doors of PM's residence. 

      The group was demanding immediately acting upon the agreements made in the past with the Government of Nepal, formation of a land-reform commission, and abolishing previous unfair land-laws, among others. 

      The group also said that unless the government took their demands seriously, the protest will continue.  May 27, 2007
     
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