<snip> A new report by the Nepalese Bar Association's human rights project has information of abuse and detention from all corners of the country in the six days since King Gyanendra dismissed the government and assumed absolute power. Workers with the association project have also been targeted.
The report comes amid suggestions that the number of courts that hear appeals against detention may be drastically reduced from 16 to five. In the first days after the royal coup, information outside the capital, Kathmandu, was hard to obtain because the army had shut down the phone system and now those who have regained access to local landlines are fearful of speaking.
The report said that in Pokhara, in central Nepal, there was a student protest on Tuesday after the state of emergency was declared. Early stories said up to 80 had died and police had shot at protesters from helicopters.
The report said security forces arrested 15 to 20 students, and the protesters claim they were hit with the butts of guns. At 10pm that day security forces went to Prithivi Narayan University's hostel and took 150 to 200 students into custody. <snip>
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