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In Nepal's Achham district, it is estimated that over 95% of girls and women are forced to go through 'menstrual exile', or 'Chhaupadi'. This tradition demands that women having periods be locked away for the duration.
This film includes footage of soldiers of the Royal Nepalese Army patrolling rural areas. It also features an interesting interview with a general.
In February 1996, the first shots of Nepal's civil war rang out across the Himalayas. Ten years on more than 13,000 people have lost their lives to a conflict that pits Nepal's ruling monarchy against Maoists rebels seeking to establish a communist republic. The people of Nepal meanwhile are trapped in the middle.
The Nepalese speak for the first time about what really happened that night when Crown Prince Dipendra massacred his family members and all but destroyed the country’s ruling dynasty.
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