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16 December 2025

Shankar Pokhrel, the general secretary candidate in the ongoing 11th General Convention of the CPN-UML, announces the postponement of the election process in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 16, 2025. The contest for the new leadership of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) intensifies as incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel face each other with separate panels. As per the published list by the party's election committee, incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel file their candidacies for the chairmanship. Candidates also register from their respective panels as well as independently for other office-bearer positions and central committee membership. Under the party's amended statute, there are five vice-chairperson posts, for which 11 candidates file nominations. For the nine Secretary positions, 20 candidates contest. Additionally, more than 1,000 candidates file nominations for central committee membership from various geographical areas and sectors.

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#13103568

16 December 2025

Shankar Pokhrel, a general secretary candidate in the ongoing 11th General Convention of the CPN-UML, announces the postponement of the election process in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 16, 2025. The contest for the new leadership of the CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) intensifies as incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel face each other with separate panels. According to the published list by the party's election committee, incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel file their candidacies for the chairmanship. Candidates also register from their respective panels as well as independently for other office-bearer positions and central committee membership. Under the party's amended statute, there are five vice-chairperson posts, for which 11 candidates file nominations. For the nine Secretary positions, 20 candidates contest. Additionally, more than 1,000 candidates file nominations for central committee membership from various geographical areas and sectors.

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#13103561

16 December 2025

Communist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa (Left) and Ishwar Pokhrel (Right), the Chairman candidate in the ongoing 11th General Convention of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist), chat during the general convention of the party in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 16, 2025. The contest for the new leadership of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) intensifies as incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel face each other with separate panels. As per the published list by the party's election committee, incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel file their candidacies for the chairmanship. Candidates also register from their respective panels as well as independently for other office-bearer positions and central committee membership. Under the party's amended statute, there are five vice-chairperson posts, for which 11 candidates file nominations. For the nine Secretary positions, 20 candidates contest. Additionally, more than 1,000 candidates file nominations for central committee membership from various geographical areas and sectors.

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#13103528

16 December 2025

Contesting leaders from the CPN-UML for various posts, including the party chairmanship, KP Sharma Oli (center in black jacket) and Ishwar Pokhrel (center in blue with red scarf), chat during the ongoing general convention of the party in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 16, 2025. The contest for the new leadership of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) intensifies as incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel face each other with separate panels. As per the published list by the party's election committee, incumbent chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokharel file their candidacies for the chairmanship. Candidates also register from their respective panels as well as independently for other office-bearer positions and central committee membership. Under the party's amended statute, there are five vice-chairperson posts, for which 11 candidates file nominations. For the nine Secretary positions, 20 candidates contest. Additionally, more than 1,000 candidates file nominations for central committee membership from various geographical areas and sectors.

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#13031768

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031769

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031770

27 November 2025

A poster with a portrait of Andrzej Poczobut is seen in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 02 November, 2025. Journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been sentenced to 8 years in a labour camp on charges of extremism by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031771

27 November 2025

A poster showing the amount of days Belarusian-Polish journlaist Andrzej Poczobut has been incarcerated in Warsaw, Poland on 02 November, 2025. Poczobut has been sentenced to 8 years in a labour camp on charges of extremism by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031772

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031773

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031774

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031763

27 November 2025

A poster with a portrait of Andrzej Poczobut is seen in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 02 November, 2025. Journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been sentenced to 8 years in a labour camp on charges of extremism by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031764

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031765

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031766

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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#13031767

27 November 2025

Belarusian dissident Siarhey Tsikhanouski is seen speaking in Warsaw, Poland in this file photo taken on 26 June, 2025. The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, according to sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The US and Belarus, a close Russia ally, are involved in an ongoing rapprochement.

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