16 February 2005 | Committee for a Workers International

Nepal: King Gyanendra’s coup

16 February 2005 Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (cwi Sweden)

King Gyanendra’s coup in Nepal, on 1 February, is “likely to strengthen the Maoist insurgents and make Nepal’s civil war even more intensive”, according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels think-tank.