Nepalissa toimivat ihmisoikeusjärjestöt ovat vedonneet kansainväliseen yhteisöön ja maailman poliittisiin johtajiin, jotta nämä puuttuisivat Nepalin tilanteeseen. 25 järjestön mukaan kuningas Gyanenrdan toimet aiheuttavat maassa pakokauhua ja paniikkia.
Vetoomukset lähtivät mm. YK:n pääsihteeri Kofi Annanille ja Yhdysvaltojen presidentti George W. Bushille. Järjestöt kutsuvat tilannetta laittomaksi sotilashallitukseksi.
Mediasensuuri jatkuu yhä tiukkana. BBC:n mukaan esimerkiksi Nepalin journalistiliiton johtaja on pidätettynä. Vahvistamattomien tietojen mukaan satoja ihmisiä on vangittu myös poliittisin perustein.
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Nepal rights groups plea for help
Human rights groups in Nepal have appealed to the international community to press the authorities to reverse harsh emergency measures.
They say the government headed by King Gyanendra who has taken direct power is spreading terror and panic.
The king sacked the government on Tuesday, saying it had failed to tackle the Maoist rebel uprising.
Journalists as well as political figures have been detained following the introduction of emergency measures.
Harassment alleged
The 25 human rights groups have sent a message to some of the world's top leaders, including the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, President George W Bush and many other heads of state and government.
They say the Nepalese people are now living under what they call an illegal military rule headed by the king and that the monarch's actions violate international practices and legal standards.
They say human rights activists are being increasingly monitored and harassed.
NEPAL IN CRISIS
June 2001 - Gyanendra is crowned king following royal massacre
July 2001 - Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes prime minister following Maoist violence
Oct 2002 - King Gyanendra sacks Deuba and assumes executive power
June 2004 - Deuba reappointed prime minister in place of Surya Bahadur Thapa
Feb 2005 - Deuba sacked, king assumes direct power
Emerging from house arrest, Arjun Narasingha K.C., spokesman for the country's biggest party, the Nepali Congress, said many of its members were in detention.
"Altogether maybe it is more than 500, but we don't know where they are, how they are treated. It is not yet clear," he said.
"We are serious about their safety and security and they must be treated under the law of the land."
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu said the general-secretary of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists had also been detained.
The rights groups are urging the international leaders to end military support for the new government, press it to say where detainees are, and refrain from torture.
It asks them to use diplomacy to make the king lift censorship and restore the cut telephone lines and, more broadly, to urge the restoration of democracy.
The armed forces said this week that detentions and the suspension of liberties were necessary to let the security forces concentrate on fighting the Maoist rebels.
At least five ex-prime ministers and many other politicians are said to be under house arrest.
The daily newspaper, quoting a "highly placed security source", said on Saturday that some of the arrested leaders might be released.
But they would first have to promise not to pose a "threat" to the security situation.
Political parties have said they plan to hold peaceful protests against the king's moves.
Some 11,000 people have died since the Maoists began their insurgency in 1996.
The rebels have turned down several calls to resume peace talks that were abandoned in late 2003.
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