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4.20 - THE DAY OF MASS REVOLT..
..And the beginning of the third week of General Strike
Already yesterday the regime in Kathmandu imposed a curfew for 18 hours,
but later they extanded it until today 3 am to prevent mass rallies and demos,
planned for yesterday against the monarchy.
Yesterday, according to CNN, the entire center of Kathmandu was a "ghost town".
All the streets were complete emty except large units of the "Royal Nepalese Army"
(RNA) and the riot police.
But on the outskirts of the city, especially on the ring road around the capital
at least, according to the "security" forces, "115,000 protesters defied the curfew",
CNN TV reported.
According to BBC World's correspondent, all the demonstrations and rallies of the
pro-democracy movement were complete peaceful... But the repression forces of the regime killed at least 3 protesters and injured many others critically.
If you were able to see the pictures, documentaries on BBC or CNN you could see that the
protesters, even they were threaten with mass murder by the regime, were not afraid to
take the streets. One female demonstrator said: "Here you can see the real democracy, the people's demorcracy, just on grass root basis.. And this is the future of Nepal!"
Please remember that the CPN-M, the People's Liberation Army, the People's Militias and
Commitees are ruling around 80% of the country, of course also armed.. But until now
they don't, even they have the power, use their(armed) power to take over the capital.
Till now the entire movement, even they are confronted with huge and deadly repression forces of the regime, is acting complete peacefully! But how long more...
Today in the night I will have a meeting and interview with a group which is strongly supporting the CPN-M... So perhaps on Sat./Sun. more about it.
Here the latest news..
eKantipur..
3 killed, dozens injured in police firing in Kalanki; thousands stage demonstrations, curfew extended in capital by 7 hours (UPDATE)
At least three people were killed and over four dozen injured when police opened fire on pro-democracy protesters at Kalanki in the capital, Thursday afternoon.
Doctors at the Kathmandu Model Hospital confirmed the death of three protesters who died on the way to the hospital. One of the dead protesters has been identified as Basu Ghimire, a worker at Kalanki-Katmandu Mill. Over four dozen injured protesters have been brought to the hospital. The condition of nearly a dozen of them is critical, according to doctors.
Meanwhile, police forcibly took away the dead bodies of all three protesters from the hospital. "The police took the bodies away at around 6:45 pm," Dr Sarita Pandey told ekantipur over the phone.
"They (police) forcibly entered the hospital, broke into the mercury room and took the bodies away," she added.
Thousands demonstrate defying curfew
Defying the government-clamped curfew, thousands of protesters demonstrated at various places in Katmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur since early Thursday morning.
Nepal magazine correspondent Rajaram Gautam, who lives in Kalanki, told Kantipur Television over the phone that dozens were injured in the police baton-charge and firing of teargas shells and bullets at the demonstration of thousands in Kalanki.
As police did not allow ambulances to go to the incident site, the injured were rushed to hospital in vehicles of Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)- a leading human rights NGO. Police forcefully entered the houses of local people and beat the locals as well as the protestors who hid themselves there after the firing.
A huge rally from Kirtipur also joined the protestors at Kalanki.
Demonstrations and police-protestors clashes continued till in the evening in Syuchatar, Dhungaadda, and Balkhu areas.
The authorities imposed an 18-hour-long (2 am-8 pm) curfew in the capital on Thursday in a clear bid to thwart the seven-party alliance's (SPA) capital-centred protest demonstrations. No curfew pass was issued to the media and human rights monitors
.
Firing in Satdobato, Gwarko
Policed also opened fire at protestors in Satdobato and Gwarko of Lalitpur. Kantipur Television reported that at least eight protesters were seriously injured in the firing. Many others are reported injured.
They were taken to health posts in the surrounding villages with the help of villagers.
In Gongabu, a huge mass of thousands had gathered outside the Ring Road area from early in the morning. They marched ahead defying the curfew order at around 1:00 in the afternoon, reported our correspondent Suresh Nath Neupane. Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC and Nepali Congress-Democratic leader Prakash Saran Mahat led the protest rally. Police resorted to indiscriminate baton-charge and firing of teargas shells to disperse the protesters and prevent them from defying the curfew orders. Dozens of protestors were injured. Janamorcha Nepal leader Nawaraj Subedi was injured in police baton charge.
Clashes between police and protestors continued till late in the evening.
Similarly, thousands of protestors gathered at Chabahil defying the curfew and chanted pro-democracy slogans. Chabahil remained comparatively peaceful. Over 35 thousand protestors had assembled at Chabahil, chanting pro-democracy slogans.
Protest demonstrations were also held in Bhaktapur. Kantipur Television correspondent Gehina Joshi reported that thousands of demonstrators from Jadibuti, Gothatar, Kaushaltar gathered in Bhaktapur. However, they made several attempts to move towards Tinkune, Katmandu, defying curfew orders despite heavy security presence.
Thousands of protestors took out a protest rally and demonstration in Budhanilkantha area also.
However, no major demonstrations were seen in the main streets and markets of Kathmandu except in Anamnagar-Ghattekulo area where over 5000 people, mostly students and youths, led by student leaders Gagan Thapa and Rajendra Rai took out a rally that passed through Anamnagar, Ghattekulo and Maitidevi.
Sporadic rallies were also taken out at Buddhanagar, Koteshwor, Sankhamul and Battisputali.
Kantipur FM reported that police had stopped nearly ten thousand of people, who came from Dhading district on foot to participate in the SPA's capital-centered protests today, at Thankot.
Curfew extended
Meanwhile, authorities have extended the 18-hour-long (2 am-8 pm) curfew in the Ring Road areas of Katmandu and Lalitpur districts on Thursday by seven hours.
Now the curfew that was to end at 8 pm Thursday will be in place till 3 am Friday.
CNN..
Nepal extends curfew in Kathmandu
IHT, Reuters, AP..
Police fire on Nepal protesters, killing at least 3
Al Jazeera..
Nepal police kill three protesters
Please check out GEFONT, General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions..
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