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Afghanistan/South Asia |
Nepal frees eight political detainees |
2005-03-11 |
![]() Among those freed was Prakash Sharan Mahat, a junior foreign minister in the government sacked by Gyanendra on Feb. 1, said Baman Prasad Neupane, Kathmandu's district administrator. "We released about eight people yesterday (Wednesday)," Neupane told Reuters. Party officials said key leaders remained under house arrest and hundreds of others were in detention. Government officials have not given numbers of those in custody and Neupane did not say if more prisoners would be released. About two-dozen people detained after the king suspended civil liberties have been freed so far. |
Posted by:Steve White |