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THE 13th DAY OF GENERAL STRIKE

Yesterday the first time government employees supported the protests and promptly they were arrested.

In the city of Nepalganj, according to the German daily newspaper TAZ, 4.18, relatives of the "security" forces deomnstrated and demanded from their husbands, fathers... to stop the attacks against the pro-democratic movement.

Meanwhile, so TAZ, several communities in more rural areas in Nepal declared themselves as "Liberated Areas". Usually only communities, controlled by the CPN-M, the Liberation Movement and the People's Militias are "Liberated Zones".

In the same time the Western media are more and more just reporting about the "bad impacts" of the general strike for the "ordinary" people, even the majority of the people are unconditionally supporting the strike and accept the associated bad conditions for the daily life. Since the beginning of the general strike nearly all factories are closed. All employees of the public service, banks, post offices etc. are also in strike. Actually nothing is going anymore.

This is "the beginning of the end," C.K. Lal, a columnist for The Nepali Times, said in an interview. He predicted further "suppression by the regime," followed by bigger and more intense street protests.

For the coming Thursday the SPA and CPN.M are organizing for another nationwide central mass demonstration.

Here are the latest news from the 13th day of general strike

Gefont, the General Federation of Trade unions

www.gefont.org

reported this..

Day-13 General Strike: Civil Service Employees including Personal Secretary of Home Minister arrested

On the 13 the day of general strike, Royal regime severely attacked on the government employees and central bank employees. Giving continuity to the strike by stopping the work, the employees in the Ministry of Home within Singh Durbar premise were chanting slogan associating themselves in the popular mass movement; the police entered and arrested 32 protesting employees. Among them one was personal secretary of Home minister.

Similarly, in the banking office of the central bank- Nepal Rastra Bank, when the cheque issued by the Home Ministry returned back denied by the employees to pay as they have stopped the work, the regime burst-out and immediately arrested 13 employees from Nepal Rastra Bank.
GEFONT along with other two national centres of trade unions and a professional forum has issued a press release condemning the arrest of employees of civil service and central bank.

"If the government does not release the workers/employees, we 4.5 millions workers and professionals will come to the street full-fledgedly" the press release warns.

NepalNews..

Over 25 civil servants arrested; two demonstrators shot; nationwide protests continue

Over 25 employees of Home Ministry and four journalists were arrested on Tuesday from protest programme of the employees.

Police arrested 25 employees including four section officers and personal secretary of Home Minister while they are organizing sit-in protest programme at the Ministry at the premises of Singha Durbar.

Talking to Nepalnews, Bhola Pokhrel, general secretary of Civil Servants Organization of Nepal said that they will announce new protest programmes if the government did not release them immediately. He warned to bring all office work to a complete halt if the government failed to release them immediately.

He informed that the employees of various ministries organized demonstrations at the ministry premises to express solidarity to the ongoing pro-democracy movement of the country.

He condemned the incident saying it is against the labour laws and trade union laws. This is the first time civil servants were arrested while expressing solidarity to the pro-democracy movement of the country.

Police also arrested three journalists and one driver who reached there to cover the strike of employees.

Balram Baniya, reporter of Kantipur daily, Bimal Gautam, reporter of Kantipur Television, Raju Timilsina, cameraman and Shiva Ram Thapa, driver of Kantipur Television were arrested from the Central Secretariat complex (Singha Durbar) while they reporting news on the protest organized by civil servants against the government.

They were taken into control when they tried to enter the Home Ministry to cover news, and were taken to Hanumandhoka District Police Office.

Meanwhile, the pro-democracy demonstrations continued in the valley and other parts of the country on Tuesday as well.

Sangita Chhetri was injured when police fired rubber bullets at protestors in Buddanagar area of the capital. She is undergoing treatment at Everest Nursing Home. She was hit by rubber bullets when police fired to disperse demonstrators after they set ablaze a tempo in New Baneshwore for defying the general strike.

According to reports, she was returning home after completing the tuition classes.

Police also arrested 11 employees of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central Bank of the country, while they were organizing peaceful protest programme at the Bank. The employees Union of the Bank has warned of further strike if they were not released immediately.

The employees are planning to surround the governor's office, accusing the Bank administration of calling the police to arrest them. Those arrested have been detained at District Police Office Hanumandhoka.

Demonstrations were held in various parts of capital including Thamel, Gongabu, Soyambhu, Naya bazaar, Jorpati among others. Police arrested more than a dozen demonstrators from various protest rallies.

Reports from out of the valley said demonstrations have been continuing in various parts of the country including Pokhara, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Butwal, Bara, Birjung, Sindhuli, Nepalgunj. One protestor received rubber bullet injuries in Gaighat of Udaypur district.

Employees of various organizations and government offices continued protests on Tuesday as well.

Meanwhile, protestors vandalized 14 vehicles in Bara.

One demonstrator was killed and over 100 injured during clashes between security forces and demonstrators on Monday.

http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2006/apr/apr18/news06.php

eKantipur..

Pro-democracy movement intensifies nationwide

The pro-democracy movement launched by the agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) continued unabated into its 13th consecutive day Tuesday.

Despite the rain, protesters defied government prohibitory orders and staged demonstrations in all the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley throughout the whole day.

Demonstrations were held at Chhetrapati, Thamel, Kalanki, Thankot, Gongabu, Min Bhawan, Kirtipur, Koteshwor, Chabahil, Jorpati, Suryabinayak, Kaushaltar of Bhaktapur, Mangalbazaar, Balkot, among other places.

A protester was injured in police firing at Buddhanagar.

Large numbers of people participated in demonstrations in other parts of the country today.

Protesters in Nepalgunj vandalized Gyanendra Chowk, presently under construction, during today’s demonstrations at New Road. Nearly three-dozen protesters were injured when police opened fire at demonstrators numbering in their thousands.

Three protesters and a policeman are in serious condition.

In Pokhara, at least 30 activists were injured in police firing. The policemen opened fire at the protesters who were defying the government ban orders at Dipendra Chowk. Police fired dozens of rounds into the air and more than 100 rounds of teargas shells to disperse the agitators. A BBC Nepali Service journalist was among three others injured in the police action.

Police also opened fire at demonstrators at Nagarpalika Chowk, Mustang Chowk and the neighboring Lekhnath Chowk. Pokhara remained tense till this evening.

In Udaypur, some 200 protesters were injured when police resorted to baton charges, while a protester was injured in police firing during pro-democracy demonstrations. Six of the injured are in critical condition.

Demonstrations at Home Ministry continue

Demanding the establishment of Loktantra, demonstrations were staged at various government offices including the Home Ministry bringing official work to a halt.

Employees of Nepal Rastra Bank also continued to stop bank transactions today.

The government authorities arrested at least 14 employees during today’s demonstrations.

Likewise, employees of Radio Nepal and Nepal Television staged pro-democracy demonstrations in their respective office premises.

Meanwhile, the SPA today said its agitation wouldn’t disrupt the National Polio Campaign slated to be launched on Wednesday.

Protesters organized a pro-democracy cultural programme at Gongabu despite light rain. The demonstrators also defied the government prohibitory orders.

Thousands of people in Nepalgunj and Birgunj participated in today’s pro-democracy movement. Similar demonstrations were staged in Humla and Jumla.

In Kavre, a group of gunmen attempted to foil the SPA’s demonstrations.

Two persons with Chinese guns damaged the stage of the mass-meeting and attempted to attack SPA leaders, Ram Sharan Mahat, Shankar Pokhrel and NP Saud.

The gunmen escaped after the protesters in hundreds retaliated.

Similar pro-democracy demonstrations were held in Chitwan, Jhapa, Taplejung, Siraha, Janakpur, Ilam, Charikot and Gauriganj.

At least three-dozen protesters were injured in a police baton charge at Manma, Kalikot.

More than 25,000 consumers of community forest at Ghorahi, Dang took to the streets expressing solidarity with the SPA’s ongoing movement.