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THE 3rd DAY OF THE GENERAL STRIKE
THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION IS VERY HIGH..
..BBC World yesterday said.
Especially on BBC yesterday the news about the current situation in Nepal were the top strory.
According to BBC World after the government imposed a all day curfew in Nepal in the city of Pokhara at least one person was killed by police or army snipers and several others were injured. The Seven Parties Alliance, SPA, called off a mass rally for yesterday, because of the fear of massacres... The regime is threatening that everyone will be shoot if he, or she ignore the curfew.. But according to BBC World the democratic opposition is planning for today a massive protest against the ruling kingdom... Thats what I understood..
IHT, NYT wrote yesterday following..
Defying ban, Nepalese rally for democracy
Al Jazeera reported this..
Nepal troops fire on protesters
NepalNews..
“Day of reckoning” in Nepal, tens of thousands protest against the royal regime
19 killed in Rupandehi, Kapilvastu clashes; several govt offices destroyed
Thousands take out protest rally in Pokhara, a demonstrator shot dead
Curfew yesterday in Kathmandu..
eKantipur reported this..
Protestor killed in Pokhara firing; curfew in Surkhet
A protestor was killed and two others were injured when security men opened fire at seven-party alliance (SPA) protestors here in Pokhara on Saturday, the third day of the nationwide general strike called by the SPA.
Bhimsen Dahal, who was running a cyber in Hotel Anandban at Prithivichowk was shot by security men. Dahal was rushed to the Western Regional Hospital in an army van soon after he was hit by a bullet. His body is still at the hospital. He is a permanent resident of Kavre district.
Two other protestors who were injured in the firing were taken away by army personnel in a van, human rights activists said.
Eyewitnesses said a soldier guarding the Nepal Telecom Office at Mahendrapul fired the shots killing Dahal and injuring the other two.
SPA activists have been taking out protest rallies and staging demonstrations at several places in Pokhara from the morning. Major thoroughfares like Sabhagriha chowk, New Road, Chipledhunga and Mahendrapul remain tense.
Police fired over a dozen teargas shells at protest rallies at Chipledhunga and New Road.
Hundreds of demonstrators chanted anti-monarchy slogans at various places.
Senior citizens in the city took out a protest rally from the famous Vindhyabasini temple, protesting against monarchy and in favour of republicanism. The rally chanting anti-monarchy and pro-democracy slogans passed through different 
places before it converted into a corner mass meet at Zero Kimi.
The police tried to intervene the rally at Mahedrapul and Sabhagriha chowk but eventually let it go. “Even we elderly people could not bear with the lack of democracy in the country and decided to take to the streets,” said 80-yr-old Netrapani Gautam.
Subhadra Koirala, 50, said the elderly had joined the street protests to restore the people’s rights, adding, “We will continue with the agitation until the people’s rights are restored.”
Police atrocity to clear way for royal motorcade
Security personnel used excessive force “to clear the road for royal motorcade” in Pokhara Saturday afternoon.
Over an hour before the royal motorcade, the police intervened in a peaceful rally taken out by locals and SPA activists to protest the killing of Dahal. The police charged the protestors with batons, fired a number of shots into the air and dozens of teargas shells at Prithvi Chowk, Pokhara.
A number of children and pedestrians had fallen on the road due to the indiscriminate firing of tear gas shells.
While entire Pokhara remained tense due to clashes between the protestors and security men and due to the killing, the king had gone to No. 3 Battalion of the RNA at Lekhnath Marg at around 11 in the morning and returned to the Ratna Mandir Palace at around 3 in the afternoon
Curfew clamped in Birendranagar
Authorities have imposed a curfew in Birendranagar, the headquarters of the Mid-western Region, from 2 pm to 7 pm on Saturday.
The District Administration Office, Surkhet, issued the curfew order only at 1:30 pm, just half an hour before a protest demonstration by the agitating seven-party alliance.
This is the first time that a day curfew has been imposed in Surkhet.
The curfew which has been imposed in Birendranagar municipality and a few surrounding villages at a very short notice has left thousands stranded.
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=70660
Demonstrators defy curfew, stage demos; Daylong curfew in Kathmandu, Lalitpur on Sunday
Defying the government imposed daytime curfew, pro-democracy agitators Saturday continued their protest demonstrations in the Kathmandu Valley.
Dozens of representatives from various professional organizations took out a protest rally against the "autocratic monarchy" in Maharajgunj this afternoon. More than two-dozen activists were arrested from the demonstrations there.
Former justice of the Supreme Court, Laxman Prasad Aryal, former Speaker of the House of Represetnatives, Daman Nath Dhungana, human rights activists Padma Ratna Tuladhar, Malla K Sundar, Charan Prasain, Kapil Shrestha and journalist Kanak Mani Dixit were among those arrested from Maharajgunj.
In Kirtipur, one of the most affected areas of the seven-party alliance (SPA) agitation, local residents, political activists and students staged protest demonstrations this morning. Security was beefed up in Kirtipur on the third day today of the SPA-called nationwide four-day general strike.
Political activists from the SPA burnt tyres and obstructed the road to disrupt security personnel vehicles from entering the area. The activists also organized a corner meeting following a huge rally which passed though major corners including Naya Bazaar and Changyala Phanta.
Earlier this morning, the protesters vandalized the house belonging to the deputy mayor of Kirtipur Municipality.
Various political leaders including Rabin Sharma of the NC-D, Bipedra Shrestha of Jana Morcha Nepal and Bhupendra Nemwang were injured in a rally taken out at Patan this morning minutes after the curfew was in place, the SPA sources said.
Similarly, some half a dozen activists who defied the curfew orders were injured by security personnel at Gongabu this morning. Janak Thapaliya was injured by rubber bullets while Devi Prasad Phuyal was injured by teargas shells.
At least three students including Free Students' Union, Pulchowk Campus president Janak Raj Joshi were injured when police fired teargas at the agitating students.
Police arrested nine student leaders including president of UML aligned All Nepal National Free Students' Union, Khim Lal Bhattarai and general secretary Thakur Gaire, from Bagbazaar for defying the curfew orders.
NC aligned Nepal Students' Unions' (NSU) Omkar Adhikari, Dilli Sharma and Ram Kumar Karki were seriously injured when policemen severely beat them up at Kapan. Policemen also arrested NSU leader Madhav Bhattarai after severely beating him at Chuchepati, Chabahil. Security personnel also opened fire into the air to disperse the demonstrators there.
Clashes between the security personnel and demonstrators erupted several times at Sorhakhutte, Min Bhawan, Naya Baneshwor, Buddhanagar, Sankhamul and Tinkune. Some two-dozen people were injured in clashes with security personnel at Sankhamul while ten were arrested.
In Kalanki, clashes between policemen and protesters lasted for nearly three hours today. Police opened several rounds of fire into the air. UML leader Modnath Prashrit and Pushpa Raj Kandel and NC leaders Gauri Prasad Dawadi and Hari Adhikari were arrested from Kalanki today morning.
About four dozen activists were injured in clashes with the police at Maitidevi. The police fired several rounds of teargas and fired rubber bullets at the demonstrators. According to UML sources, fifteen activists were arrested there.
Kiran Pokhrel of NSU was injured when police fired teargas at the protesters at Patandhoka, Lalitpur. Some six activists including Govinda Maharjan of Jana Morcha Nepal, Lalitpur district, were arrested by the police.
Political activist Prajwal Mahato and female activist Mire Sen were injured when the army beat them up at Bhotebahal this afternoon.
Similar rallies were taken out at Gatthaghar, Kaushaltar and Lokanthali in Bhaktapur.
The government imposed an 11 hour daylight curfew within the Ring Road areas in the valley and in some parts of Bhaktapur to foil the planned showdown of the SPA at Bashantapur today.
Parties' showdown postponed for Sunday
Meanwhile, the SPA has said that they postponed their planned showdown for tomorrow.The parties' planned to stage demonstrations at the same venue at Bashantapur on Sunday afternoon after the government imposed a daylight curfew in the valley today.
Daylong curfew in Kathmandu, Lalitpur on Sunday
Meanwhile, the district administration offices of Kathmandu and Lalitpur have imposed a daylong curfew within the Ring Road area from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The extension of the curfew period by two hours tomorrow comes in the wake of the intensified anti-government protests by the seven-party alliance in the Kathmandu valley.
The government, in a bid to foil today’s political showdown, imposed a daytime curfew in the valley and in some parts of Bhaktapur.
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=70662
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For my understanding the current devolopments in Nepal are very important for the international left movement. So or so, what ever comes out, we can, we must, learn more about their struggle. And of course we should, must, support this struggle!!!
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