Word: koirala
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Koirala returned to Nepal in December 1976 and was arrested on charges of treason, inciting to murder, arson and sedition. Each of these charges is punishable by death, Gershman said...
Bell said yesterday he signed the appeal after reading material, sent to him by Social Democrats, describing Koirala's imprisonment and poor health...
Bell has advocated human rights in the past, but does not know how effective the appeal for Koirala's release would be, he said yesterday. Bell said, "Countries may be responsive to pressures of this kind" because of the recent attention given to the human rights issue...
Gershman said he is confident that the appeal will have a direct benefit on the release of Koirala...
Archibald Macleish, an associate of Leverett House and a well-known poet, is also concerned with Koirala. He sent a letter to the Nepalese government earlier this year urging Koirala's release...