Nepal Mob Beats, Strips And Parades Woman Around

Reports emerged this week of a heinous act of mob savagery in Kathmandu, Nepal, that occurred last week against a lone woman. According to the Times of India:

Watched by fearful children and passersby, a mob of nearly 50 young men beat up a woman and paraded her naked in the heart of capital city Kathmandu with no one daring to protest even as Nepal's political parties said they were writing a new constitution that would empower women and other disadvantaged people.

The incident reportedly occurred on May 20, 2009 but was not brought to wider attention until photographs (below) were sent to the blog Mysansar.

Nepal has been plagued by political turmoil, with the resignation of Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal earlier this month following the reinstatement of fired army general Rookmangud Katuwa.

And on May 23, Maoist Madhav Kumar Nepal became the next Prime Minister of the country, but he now faces a hopelessly divided government, the Economist reports. From the Economist:

ON MAY 23rd Madhav Kumar Nepal, the communist son of a Hindu priest, became Nepal's new prime minister. He succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the country's former Maoist leader--the main protagonist in a decade-long guerrilla war--who resigned on May 4th, leaving the government in limbo. Mr Nepal has the support of 21 of the 24 political parties in Nepal's assembly; but this is scarcely democratic progress. The Maoists, who won 38% of the assembly's seats in the country's first post-conflict election last year, do not support him. Nor did Mr Nepal win either of the two seats he contested in the poll.

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Comments

[loki]

how many more examples are needed to show that governments controlled by religions are the worst thing possible. Yet, the Republicans and to some extent democrats let religions to determine policies and law.

[AngeloD]

Kathmandu resident here. The story is awful, and all the more so for the sorry job the Nepali media has done to cover it. The pictures on mysansar are just haunting--the smiling faces, the seeming lack of fear of being identified. But I want to bring up something about Huffpo's post. The reports give no indication that this happened during a political protest, so why is there a picture of one on the corner? Why the conflation of mob violence with political protest? It's irresponsible and inaccurate and I hope you change it. In fact, taking this sad incident to take potshots at Nepal's political progress (yes, progress) is senseless. One commenter called this propaganda, and I wouldn't go that far, but there seems to be a definite slant in your Nepal-related, one that is continually suspect of left parties and politics. The other story of violence in Kathmandu, a bombing of the church has every indication of being a job of right-wing religious conservatives. And this one might have been a case of violence against this women because of accusations of her being a sex worker--if that's the cause, not quite a left target. To whomever selects your Nepal stories, thanks sincerely for the attention, but lay off the (albeit sneaky) political editorializing.

[sfirx]

The same thing happened in New York at this parade, so I don't know what this proves, other than mob violence is worldwide.

[Dustin Weida]

Its funny people calling these other countries evil and barbaric..­.Thank god nothing like that EVER happens here. *facepalm*

[PresidentRobertBooth]

They are primitives, savages and barbarians.


Let us be honest.

[Melchedekan]

Maybe English Imperialism on a global scale isn't such a bad idea after all. These third world heathens look like they need some English guidance.

[americaforme]

Our world is disgusting, it is depraved, totaly out of control. I fear things will get worse not better. We are nations of out of control evil. The film industry doesn't help this depravity, it adds fuel to the fire, Porn advocates spreads this sickness far and wide. Women and children helpless slaves to diabolical money hungry greedy freaks. The days of Noah's ark are about on us. Human beings are dreaming up more and more disgusting tortures. The film industry lust after more and more blood being spilt, the more blood, the more incensitive. Obivously the human mind needs blood.

[Freenation]

thu.gs...

[Cyberoptic]

How would we horrified Americans react were we to see the photos that Obama is withholding? These Nepalese pictures are disgusting, but what if we were to see the same expressions on American servicemen? What if American servicemen did worse than this?

Can we afford to be so judgmental without looking to our own actions first?

Spc. Alyssa Peterson committed suicide rather than take part in "interroga­tions."

This Nepalese picture shows a mob. Our pictures show trained soldiers.

[wm1066]

I don't understand WHY they did this, What did she do? Was it a particular sect that did it?
The story is lacking in detail.

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

Yes, something is missing.

[Usama]

The story appears to be a yellowish, jaundiced tinted propaganda piece. If a person walks a few minutes on Bourbon St in Mardi Gras, or Ft Lauderdale during sprin break and sees a woman getting molested around dozens of men, then reports this to the world like this article, then it appears the same.

Or how about that incident in Central Park during a summer festival in the 1990s when women were molested while dozens of men watched?

Or how about America's porn industry of gangbangs dozens of men and one woman?

[The Ghost]

Consenting adult behavior and Rape cannot be equaited, You should be ashamed of yourself.

[Checquoline]

These men in Nepal are savages but only laws ands police action protect women everywhere. Left to their own devices a huge percentage of men would do this anywhere. This isn't a sexest remark. Men don't fear women in unprotected places, they fear each other. What is wrong with them? You don't see a gang of women doing this to a lone man.

[BluesDogLefty]

Domestic violence was not a crime in America until the late 1970s and not universally enforced until the 1980s.

Heck, we were still lynching people in the 1960s.

[Big0725]

Thanks for the dated info. What does that have to do with this story?

[NoSillyName]

Not "we".

[KMan1]

This is so outrageous I think it is best I don't say what I really want to. But for the folks who think this type of thing only happens in certain places think again. Women and girls face this type of danger EVERYWHERE and often . Do you remember the Central Park incident? Yes, right here in the US.

[okeefep1]

disgusting. slobs.

[Khirad]

Like a scene out of Bandit Queen. But, to turn the corner and go into a cliche Bollywood-style sermon: women are mothers, sisters, and daughters.­..

"Where women are honored, there the gods are pleased; but where they are not honored, no sacred rite yields rewards." -- Manu Smriti III.56 [admittedly not the most feminist tome]

Somewhere on a mountain Parvati is not pleased...