04 October 2005
Maheshwor Pahari
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Journalist Maheshwor Pahari, who was in detention for a year and a half for being a supporter of the Maoist ideology, has died on Tuesday [4 October] night. Pahari, 32, had not been well for the past one-and-a-half months.
His family members have criticized the government for not providing him timely treatment in detention. He had been admitted to the western regional hospital last week. He used to work for the Swabhiman weekly published from Pokhara. He was arrested from Lwangghalel in Kaski in January 2004.
