Nepalese students watched helpless as coup silenced family, friends
On February 1, King Gyanendra of Nepal imposed a state of national emergency, sacked the country’s prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, dissolved the government, and suspended civil liberties. Phone services in and out of Nepal were cut for a week afterwards, leaving expat Nepalis, including several U of T students, unable to contact friends or […]