Press Release from ICJ http://www.icj.org/IMG/pdf/press_release03022005.pdf Nepal - HUNDREDS DETAINED IN NEPAL: King suspends human rights protections 4th February 2005 The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urges the King and Royal Nepalese Army to ensure the safety of the former President of the Nepal Bar Association, who along with hundreds of political and student leaders has been detained by the Nepali security forces. Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel was arrested at his office in Kathmandu on 1 February and is being detained at Armed Police Force headquarters in Halchowk. The ICJ calls for his immediate release. ..