5112개의 게시물을 찾았습니다.
THE 16th DAY OF GENERAL STRIKE..
..ONCE AGAIN PEOPLE'S POWER TOOK THE STREETS..
..AND WON THE FIRST BATTLE!!
After Thursday's main clashes between more than 120,000 protesters and the repression forces, the regime yesterday declared again a curfew, but once again, according to BBC World, hundred thousand protesters took the streets of Kathmandu and other cities of Nepal. In Kathmandu police stations and tax offices were stormed and burned down.
4.20, RNA and the police killed at least 4 people and injured critically hundreds more
But even the repression forces were threatening with mass murder..
..the demonstrators resisted....
In the afternoon Gyanendra was forced to give a announcement: the country will return to democracy and elections will be held as soon as possible.
BUT(perhaps) TO LITTLE, TO LATE!!
According to a interview in BBC World with a political analyst, specialiced on Nepal: "The monarchy is finished. The king have to give up all the power and go to exile to India."
And still in the early night hours thousands of demonstrators were on the streets of Kathmandu demanding the definitive end of the monarchy.
Btw... perhaps you remember, just some days ago I quoted a demonstator. He said in a general manner "two weeks of general strike and struggle - and the king will give up"...
Here comes the latest news from the Nepalese and intl. bourgeois news agencies..
eKantipur..
Day 16 of general strike: Demonstrators continue to defy curfew in capital, nationwide demos
Defying the government-clamped daylong curfew, thousands of protesters have gathered on the Ring Road and massive pro-democracy demonstrations continue in all the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley and outside on Friday, the 16th consecutive day of the nationwide general strike called by seven-party alliance (SPA).
Locals from the Newar community in Bangemuda, Ason, Thaiti, Kilagal, Mahabouddha, Tyod, and Maddhyabaneshwor demonstrated by playing drums and kitchen utensils this afternoon.
A peaceful rally was taken out in Kalanki, where at least three protesters were killed in police firing yesterday. Security personnel were seen observing much restraint there today.
At least a protester was injured in police firing at Purano Baneshwor today. Mohan Raj Khan was injured when the police opened fire at the peaceful demonstration.
Defying the curfew orders thousands of demonstrators entered the Ring Road area chanting slogans in favour of republicanism. “Over ten thousand demonstrators have assembled at Kalanki Chowk chanting slogans and singing and dancing to pro-democracy songs,” INSEC representative Rupesh Nepal told ekantipur over the phone, “So fare there has been no intervention from the security men though there is huge security presence including Royal Nepalese Army soldiers with anti-mine vehicles.”
The demonstrators also demanded that the bodies of the deceased during yesterday’s demonstrations be made public and handed over to them. Some three dozen policemen had forcibly taken the bodies three protesters killed in Kalanki by breaking the locks of the Kathmandu Model Hospital, yesterday.
Thousands of demonstrators of pro-democracy rally took out a rally at Gongabu defying the curfew orders. Demonstrators at Nepaltar also burnt an effigy of the “regression.”
Likewise, in defiance of the government ban and curfew orders, thousands of political activists took to the streets at Kotewshwor.
At least four protesters were injured when police baton-charged a pro-democracy demonstration at Gyaneshwor. Protesting against the police action, locals and the demonstrators took out an anti-government rally. They also burnt an effigy of “regression.”
In Patan, local residents of Tangal staged anti-government demonstrations. A separate rally in Lalitpur passed through the major parts of the city.
In Kirtipur, expressing solidarity with the ongoing agitation, separate rallies were taken out by the physically challenged people and women.
The Loktantrik Sarokar Sanjal, Bhaktapur, organised a protest rally from Bhaktapur Durbar Square to Kamalbinayak.
The pro-democracy movement has intensified in other parts of the country with thousands of people hitting the streets demanding the restoration of Loktantra.
In Morang, people from the Santhal, Rajbansi, Mandal and other ethnic communities staged demonstrations.
In Ilam, a protest rally was organized by various professional organizations with significant participation from government employees.
Elderly people took out an anti-government rally organized by various religious organizations in Sunsari and Morang.
In Itahari, academics, businessmen and transport workers took to the streets demanding establishment of complete democracy in the country. They also urged the SPA leadership not to stop the movement on petty compromise.
In Janakpur, the market remained shut due to the SPA-called general strike and demonstrations. Employees of Nepal Bank, Banijya Bank, Janakpur Appellate Court, Dhanusha District Court, District Development Committee and Public Health offices staged demonstrations bringing the official work to a halt.
In Dhankuta, all the employees of Dhankuta Municipality office staged a sit-in protest against the government for two and a half hours this morning.
In Udaypur, expressing solidarity with the ongoing movement, all the employees of Rastriya Banijya Bank, Gaighat, halted the official work today. They said their protest would continue until the establishment of Loktantra in the country. The employees also donated their one-day salary to the injured victims of the pro-democracy movement.
Thousands of women including the family members of security personnel took to the streets at Gaighat, the district headquarters.
In Siraha, civil servants and employees of state-owned enterprises took out a silent rally against the government this morning. Protest demonstrations were also staged at Lalbandi.
In Dhading, demonstrations were held Adamghat and Dhadingbesi in protest of the arrest of 18 academics by the government yesterday.
UML leaders Gautam, Khanal arrested from TIA
Police have arrested CPN-UML leaders Bam Dev Gautam and Jhala Nath Khanal at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Friday afternoon.
They were arrested as soon as they landed at the TIA on a flight from New Delhi.
"Police at the TIA arrested the leaders at around 3 in the afternoon today, as soon as they arrived," an official at the UML Headquarters at Balkhu told ekantipur.
"They (police) have kept comrade Gautam at the TIA while comrade Khanal has been brought to the Paharagan at Tripureshwor," he added.
Both Gautam and Khanal had been staying in the Indian capital New Delhi for the last two and a half months.
The two leaders had reportedly gone to Delhi to facilitate the finalisation and signing of the Second Memorandum of Understanding reached between the seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Maoist rebels that was made public by the rebels and the SPA on March 19 through separate statements.
Royal Proclamation incomplete, ambiguous; conspiracy to diffuse movement: SPA, civil society leaders
Seven-party alliance (SPA) and civil society leaders have termed Friday's Royal Proclamation as being “incomplete and ambiguous” and "a conspiracy to diffuse the ongoing people's movement.” The general strike and mass demonstrations will continue effectively, they say.
Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC) President and former prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that there was no room to be optimistic about the King’s Proclamation. He also said the royal proclamation had “many ambiguities.”
He added that the SPA would discuss the proclamation and he would remain firm on the decision taken by the SPA. “To me, the nation and democracy are important,” Deuba said, “I will not go beyond the (SPA’s) roadmap.”
Saying that there was nothing new about the king returning the executive power to the people, Deuba, who was sacked twice by the king in the past, said, “I was given the right to use the right under Article 35 after my reinstatement (to the post of Prime minister), there is nothing new in the royal proclamation.”
He also expressed doubts over the king honestly implementing “what has been said in the royal proclamation.”
“The Constitution does not give the king the right to sack the Prime Minister, but he (king) did, Deuba said, “The king has not been honest when it comes to using the articles of the Constitution; he has misused them time and again.”
Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Ram Chandra Paudel, who was released from nearly three-month-long government detention yesterday, said the royal proclamation has completely failed to address "the wish for an absolute change the parties and the people have expressed through the ongoing movement."
"An official reaction of the SPA is yet to come, but I personally think that the royal proclamation has addressed neither the people's aspirations nor the SPA's common roadmap," he said talking to ekantipur, some two hours after 
the King's televised addressed was aired through state-owned Nepal Television, Friday evening.
"In fact, I see it as a conspiracy to diffuse the movement," he said, adding, "The king has tried to confuse the movement, but the peaceful movement will now become more intense."
Paudel also informed that the NC's Central Working Committee will hold a meeting on Saturday to discuss the developments in the aftermath of the royal proclamation.
"The King's address has not positively and clearly addressed the roadmap and objective of the SPA's peaceful movement," said NC spokesperson Krishna Sitaula, "The nationwide movement will continue."
“It (royal proclamation) is incomplete. The people want Constituent Assembly,” said NC-D spokes person Dr. Minendra Rijal. He also said it was not for the king to tell how the country’s politics should move ahead once he said he returned the executive power to the people.
“Once the king the says he has returned the executive power to the people, it’s for the people and their representatives- the political parties- to decided the course of the country’s politics, Rijal said, adding, “But the king has asked to recommend the name of Prime minister.”
“The peaceful, non-violent, and disciplined people’s movement will continue,” he added.
Similarly, the civil society leaders who are being detained at the Armed Police Force battalion at Duwakot said the royal proclamation was “deceptive.” They even sloganeered against the royal proclamation inside the APF battalion.
15 civil society leaders and rights activists including former speaker of parliament Daman Nath Dhungana, former Supreme Court justice Laxman Aryal, human rights defenders Padma Ratna Tuladhar, Dr Madhu Ghimire and journalist Kanak Mani Dixit are detained there.
IHT, AP..
Guardian, UK..
Al Jazeera..
Nepal king to restore democracy
BBC News - Nepal king moves to end protests
Please check out also GEFONT, General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions..
4.20, scenes from the battle..
For more pictures from Thursday, the day of the main battle, you can see here..
http://www.rajeshkc.com/phalano/?p=543#more-543
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. 
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. 
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.
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..
THE NEPALESE MONARCHY - A KILLER REGIME!
..BUT THEIR DAYS ARE COUNTED!
The 14th day of general strike
Yesterday, according to BBC World, "security" forces killed 3 people(CNN said 4, eKantipur also) in the East Nepalese city of Chandragadi. 200 others were injured. According to BBC World eye-witness described this as a blood bath.
So until now the repression forces of the Nepalese government killed during the last
14 days of the general strike at least 10 people and injured thousands others.
Nepali Times added 4.14..
Pro-democracy movement figures:
• 2, 500 arrested
• over 1,000 injured
• 2.5 million protesters
• 6 killed
Yesterday also academics and even musicians were demonstrating against Gyanendra in
Kathmandu. At least 250 of them were arrested, according to CNN.
Many protesters said that the coming days will bring the "end of the monarchy".
Meanwhile the government imposed another 18-hours curfew in Kathmandu for today to
stop the planned mass demonstrations. The(SPA) organizers are expacting at least
100,000 protesters today in the Nepalese capital.
Finally CNN, actually not a real progessive TV station..^^, is describing the current
situation in Nepal as a "revolutionary situation", and thus, of course, very dangerously... just for the international tuling class.
Here are the latest news from yesterday..
eKandipur..
4 killed in Jhapa firing; demonstrations continue; 18-hr curfew imposed in capital
At least four protestors were killed and over a hundred feared injured when security men opened fire indiscriminately at pro-democracy protestors in Chandragadhi of Jhapa district Wednesday afternoon.
Those killed in the firing are Rajan Giri of Arjundhara-9, Suraj Biswas of Bhadrapur and two others who are yet to be identified.
Ten of the injured are in serious condition. The injured are undergoing treatment at Mechi Zonal Hospital.
Superintendent of Police Keshari Raj Ghimire was also injured in the incident.
The incident happened as security men resorted to firing bullets and teargas shells and baton-charges to disperse a huge mass of over 50,000 pro-democracy protestors.
Reports said the security men fired over 500 rounds of bullets at the protestors.
Army has seized the Chandragadhi area.
18-hour curfew in Kathmandu, Lalitpur
The royal government has imposed an 18-hour-long curfew within the Ring Road areas of Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts with effect from early Thursday morning.
The move to clamp down the curfew comes at a time when the agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) is set to stage a “huge” capital-centred political showdown tomorrow.
The 2am-8pm curfew tomorrow is set to disrupt the SPA’s planned Ring Road picketing programme. However, Kathmandu and other parts of the country have witnessed huge pro-democracy demonstrations by the SPA defying curfew orders in the recent past.
Demonstrations continue
With significant number of public participation, pro-democracy rallies and demonstrations continued across the country on the 14th consecutive day on Wednesday.
The SPA-called nationwide indefinite general strike, which has crippled the normal life for the last two weeks, however, didn’t disrupt the national polio campaign today.
Demonstrations were held in Patan today. Protesters from various parts of Patan converged at Mangalbazaar and marched through different parts of the city chanting pro-democracy slogans. The procession with significant number of participants also called on the locals to join the SPA’s protest demonstrations and participate in the Ring Road picketing programme slated for Thursday.
Demanding the restoration of complete democracy, protesters staged demonstrations at Jorpati, Naikap, Budhanilakantha, Balaju, Gongabu, Naya Baneshwor and Banasthali, among other places. Today’s demonstrations, however, remained peaceful compared to the previous days.
A torch rally was taken out from Budhanilkantha and concluded at Galfutar. Likewise, a rally taken out from Banasthali converged into a corner meet at Gongabu, New Bus Park.
Civil servants demonstrated for another day today demanding complete democracy.
Employees of the Home Ministry and Nepal Rastra Bank staged demonstrations today as well and said they will continue with their protest programmes until the civil servants who are under government detention were released.
Employees of the Office of the Auditor General also demonstrated against the government since early this morning.
Employees of the Kathmandu District Court, Nepal Oil Corporation, Transport Department, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Department of Industry, state-run banks, Nepal Stock Exchange, Butwal Power Company, and other government offices, staged anti-government and pro-democracy demonstrations today.
Similar demonstrations were staged by the employees of Nepal Telecom, and all the employees of Higher School Education Board and Education Department. They halted their work Employees of Kathmandu Metropolis Office also staged an hour-long demonstration today.
Likewise, Drinking Water and Storage Management Department, Veterinary Department, Parliament Secretariat, Irrigation Department and Nepal Television and Radio Nepal employees staged pro-democracy demonstrations in front of their offices.
In Dharan, all teachers and students of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences brought official work to a halt this morning. They also staged a corner meet in the premises of the Institute.
In Dang, SPA supporters took out a pro-democracy rally which passed through major parts of Ghorahi, the district headquarters. Likewise, police in Dailekh arrested two teachers and three students from a peaceful demonstration staged in the district headquarters.
Similar pro-democracy rallies and demonstrations were staged in Palpa, Dhading, Nuwakot, among other districts.
BBC News - Protesters killed at Nepal rally
IHT, AP...
Troops fire on Nepalese protesters, killing at least 4
Al Jazeera..
Nepal arrests protesting professors
More pictures from day 13 of the general strike you can see here
http://www.rajeshkc.com/phalano/?p=537#more-537
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
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.
IHT, AP..
Protests in Nepal spread to government
Al Jazeera..
Nepal government workers detained
Asia Times, a Hong Kong based magazine wrote following stuff..
The riot cops are also attacking tourists...
A tourist is donating blood for the victims of the police attacks..
More Pictures from the 12th day of general strike you can see here..
http://www.rajeshkc.com/phalano/?p=534#more-534
NEPAL... IN A PRE.REVOLUTIONARY STATE...
..the U.S. ambassador in Nepal described the current situation in the country.
Harrharr... of course he is fearing a, how he said, an increasing of the revolutionary movement..
So, according to CNN, he and the ambassadors of India and China urge Gyanendra, a.k.a. the king, to give up some democratic stuff to the SPA, otherwise... HAha, perhaps, or better hopefully, it is already to late!! Because the protesters, now the majority on the streets, are demanding from Gyanendra to hand over the power and to leave the country..
Here are the latest news...
eKantipur..
Day 12 general strike; pro-democracy stir continues; 1 protester killed in Bara
The seven-party alliance (SPA) called pro-democracy demonstrations and general strike Monday entered the twelfth day, with thousands once again participating.
At least one protestor was killed and 12 others injured when security forces opened fire at a peaceful protest demonstration of nearly two thousand people in Nijgadh of Bara district today.
Hiralal Gautam, 25, of Nijgadh died while being rushed to a hospital in Birgunj, reported our correspondent Shankar Acharya.
With Gautam’s death, the number of people who have lost their lives in the ongoing movement for democracy has reached six.
Similarly, four protestors were injured when Royal Nepalese Army soldiers opened fire at a group of protestors in Chitwan district this afternoon.
According to reports, the soldiers opened fire as a group of protestors tried to stop a truck carrying goods. The soldiers were escorting the truck.
Two protestors were injured when police fired rubber bullets at a demonstration in Chabahil of Kathmandu today.
Pro-democracy protesters in the capital today defied the government prohibitory orders and demonstrated in the restricted areas.
Protests continued for several hours at Gongabu, Chabahil and Balkhu.
Meanwhile, civil servants today demonstrated inside the Singha Durbar premises.
Women from Sankhamul and Buddhanagar today took to the streets drumming dinner plates as a symbolic support to the SPA demonstrations. Similar rallies of women were taken out at Anamnagar and Maitidevi.
In Patan, the SPA took out rallies appealing to the city dwellers to join the pro-democracy demonstrations. The rally passed through Patandhoka, Lagankhel, Natole and Pulchowk.
Police arrested at least a dozen women who took out a rally demanding democracy and end to autocracy at Bhotahity. They have been kept at Mahendra Police Club.
Employees of Education Department hold sit-in
Supporting the ongoing SPA agitation, employees of the Higher Secondary Education Council, Education Human Resource Development Center and Formal Education Center and CTEVT staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the Education Department.
In the meantime, a protest gathering of University Teachers’ Association of Central Campus, Kirtipur, appealed to the security personnel to back the SPA-launched movement.
Employees of the Vice Chancellor’s Office of Tribhuvan University and the Office of the Controller of Examinations also locked up their offices to express solidarity with the ongoing movement.
SC employees join movement
Similar pro-democracy demonstrations were held by employees of the Agricultural Development Bank and Transport Management Office.
NepalNews..
UML activist shot dead in Bara during demonstration
Of course the enemy, the intenational bourgeois media, here IHT, is trying to fight back..
Ordinary Nepalese run out of patience
Al Jazeera..
Nepal reels under anti-monarch strike
Actually today I wanted to upload here some of my thoughts about the current situation in Nepal, but because I forgot my disc at home ... still I have to use PC bang ... I will do it later, as soon as possible.. Mi anh hae yo..
THE 11th DAY OF GENERAL STRIKE...
..with new measures of the struggle against the regime
Perhaps you remember that in the beginning the general strike was limited to 4 days, but now... 11 days!!
CNN said yesterday: "Demonstrations are now the way of life in Nepal."
Yesterday the SPA called to all Nepalese people, including the migrant workers in the Middle East, India and the so-called developed countries, to stop to pay taxes and other finiancial support for the government/regime of Gyanendra.
BBC World reported today, if I understood it right, that now also the employees of the Ministry of Tourism are supporting the general strike.
Another very important development: when you watch the pictures in the TV, for example in BBC World yesterday, you find out that the pictures are now more comparably with pictures of the Intifada (the first, in my opinion the only, 1987 - 1993) in Palestine against the occupation. Simply said it seems that the general strike is turning into a kind of UPRISING!!
No power against..
..the power of the people!
And according to CNN more and more demonstrators - the "ordinary" people, workers, shop keepers, street vendors... are becoming now the majority of the protests - are demanding that Gyanendra should leave the country immediately.
Actually all this news are sounding very good... but I'm also a little sceptically... Harrharr I am sceptically with everything.....
About the future of the movement, because now more and more the daily life for the "ordinary" people is getting harder. The prices for the daily goods are increasing, some of the daily notwendigen it is hard to get...
So in my opinion the SPA and the "ordinary" people must react and organize the daily life on a complete new level. But about this thoughts I'll write tomorrow.
Anyway, here are the latest, 4.16, news by the international, unfortunately, bourgeois media..
eKantipur, Nepal...
Parties announce fresh stir; 18 injured in army-police firing in Arghakhanchi, Balkhu
The agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) on Sunday announced fresh rounds of protest programmes to intensify the ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations.
A meeting of the Joint Movement Central Coordination Committee (JMCCC) held in the capital today decided, among other issues, not to pay tax to the royal government.
Stating that the SPA-called nationwide protest demonstrations have gained new height, the JMCCC said it will stage a 'huge demonstration' in the capital on April 20.
The parties called on all "to boycott any products and services of those businesses and industries belonging to the royal family and its family members."
The SPA also appealed to all Nepalis abroad in foreign employment not to send remittances during the pro-democracy protest period.
Appealing for the continuous support for the ongoing agitation, the seven parties requested friendly countries, donors and the international community not to lend any financial aid to the "unconstitutional royal regime."
In the meantime, former prime minister and president of Nepali Congress-Democratic Sher Bahadur Deuba today appealed on all not to pay any tax to the government in defiance of the "unconstitutional decision imposed by the autocratic regime."
Meanwhile, anti-government demonstration has intensified in the Kathmandu Valley with massive public participation.
Police opened fire at Balkhu in the capital and in Arghakhanchi district today injuring more than one and half dozen demonstrators.
At least six pro-democracy protesters were injured in the police shooting at Balkhu while 12 sustained injuries in Arghakhanchi. Five of the injured in Arghakhanchi are in serious condition.
Massive demonstrations were staged at various parts of the valley including at Gongabu, Chabahil, Sat Dobato, Bhaktapur.
In Patan, an anti-government rally that began from Mangal bazaar passed through major corners of the city before converging into a mass gathering at Patan Dhoka. Demonstrations were also held at Bhimsenthan, Tangal, Lanagkhel, Mahapal, Gabahal, demanding restoration of democracy and the release of all the political detainees.
In Gongabu, peaceful demonstrations began from early in the morning. The rally passed through major parts of the area, demanding establishment of complete democracy in the country.
Similar rallies were taken out at Bashundhara, Suryabinayak and Kausaltar in Bhaktapur.
Demonstrators in Kalanki organized a pro-democracy cultural programme from early this morning. The demonstrators sang pro-democracy songs and recited poems.
Demonstrations continue nationwide, thousands take to streets
Tens of thousands of people participated in the pro-democracy rallies and demonstrations across the country on the eleventh consecutive day of the nationwide indefinite general strike called by the agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) on Sunday.
SPA activists, students, government employees, people affiliated to different professional organisations, women, farmers and the business community hit the streets across the country chanting slogans against autocracy and demanding the restoration of Loktantra.
In Dang, demanding a democratic republic, the Joint Students’ Struggle Committee organized an anti-government rally at Ghorahi, the headquarters of Dang district this morning.
Starting from Bhanuchowk, the students passed through Traffic Chowk, Hospital Road, Naya Bazaar, Bank Road, Damodar Chowk, Martyr Umesh Street and returned to Bhanuchowk where they organized a corner meet.
More than five thousand people participated in the rally. The students chanted anti-monarchy slogans.
Transportation, markets, educational institutions remained closed, affecting the normal life.
In Palpa, agitated students locked the campuses affiliated to Tribhuvan University today.
Our Palpa correspondent Madhva Aryal reports that the students evicted the campus chiefs and employees and locked the campuses.
The students also locked other different government offices in Tansen bazaar.
In Bhairahawa, the Siddharthanagar Federation of Commerce and Industries staged a massive demonstration in support of complete democracy. The protesters also set ablaze a police beat at Buddhachowk and furniture belonging to two government offices. Clashes which erupted between the protesters and the security personnel lasted for nearly an hour resulting in a tense situation.
As the rally taken out by Siddharthanagar FNCCI marched through New Road, Devkota Chowk, Bank Road, Prahari Tole, Narayansthan and turned into a corner meet on reaching Buddha Chok, the rally of the students from Bhairahawa Multiple Campus and Paklihawa multiple campus joined in and set the police beat on fire.
The mass became infuriated after a policeman threw a bicycle belonging to a protester into the burning police beat. The infuriated demonstrators then brought the furniture of the District Education Office and Agriculture Development Bank and set fire.
Different organizations and individuals continuously helped the demonstrators with water and juice during the protests.
Following the SPA announcement, Janakpur was closed again today. The people's movement coordination committee suspended all the protest programmes yesterday in order to celebrate Judsita, one of the biggest festivals in the Mithila region. All the commercial institutions, industries and schools remained closed. Early in the morning, demonstrators forced to close the Janakpur Cigarette Factory. The factory workers joined in the daytime demonstrations with the protesters.
Meanwhile, big rallies were staged in major rural areas in Dhanusha and Yadukaha, Sabaila, Mahendranagar, Dhalkebar and Nagarain.
The United People's Movement Committee today blamed the Greater Janakpur Region Development Council of trying to defame the protesters with false allegations.
A computer and a printer, which the council alleged the protesters had stolen, were found in a sac outside the gate of the council. "The council hid the goods themselves and alleged the protesters. It was a premeditated conspiracy to defame the movement," said Yog Narayan Yadav, district secretary of the CPN-UML.
Infuriated protesters had destroyed the council's office last Thursday. Immediately, ex-Panchayat minister Bhojraj Ghimire and others had alleged the protesters of stealing goods worth Rs. 300,000. The protesters claim that the officials themselves hid those goods.
The SPA united movement committee is to decide about this false allegation tomorrow.
Money collection for the treatment of those injured during the pro-democracy demonstrations in the capital has begun in Janakpur too. According to Brij Kumar Yadav, editor of Janakpur Today, More than 15 people have already contributed after his paper initiated the donation campaign.
A famous orthopaedic doctor in Janakpur, Dr. Ramkewal Sah today announced free treatment to the injured pro-democracy protesters.
Thousands of women singing pro-democracy songs and carrying musical instruments today took out a pro-democracy rally from Sangam Chok in Gaighat, the headquarters of Udayapur district.
The protest rally, which began early in the morning, was joined in by the rally of the seven parties. The rally, with more than five thousands protesters, renamed Sangam Tole as Loktantrik Tole. The protestors marched throughout Gaighat and burnt effigies of regression.
Meanwhile, the Teacher's Union in Udaypur decided to close all private and government schools “until government suppression is ended.”
A huge women’s rally was also taken out in Tansen, the headquarters of Palpa district. Thousands of women from the villages surrounding Tansen joined in the rally which saw significant participation from the local Newar women as well.
Marching through the Tansen bazaar, the rally which was later joined in by students, teachers, journalists, government employees and different professional organisations, converged into a mass meet at Batasedanda.
In Dailekh, in order to curb and prevent the everyday pro-democracy protests, the District Police Office today obstructed the busiest road in Devkota chowk in the headquarters.
For security reasons the street used to be blocked using barbed wires after 7 pm, but today the police put barbed wires on the street early in the morning.
Our correspondent reports the SPA staged a massive rally in Lahan this afternoon.
Thousands of people from the nearby villages attended the rally.
The Progressive Cultural Organization staged a democratic street play called "Mukti ka laagi ek bhai jutau" (let us unite for freedom). Starting from Mahendra chowk, the massive rally marched through Lahan in the late afternoon and concluded with a mass-meeting.
The protesters also announced to hold bigger rallies until the restoration of complete democracy.
Guardian, Uk..
King of Nepal crushes white-collar street protests
Kathmandu under a strict military curfew.
Al Jazeera..
Kathmandu facing food shortages
IHt, AFP, AP..
Food and supplies are scarce as strike paralyzes Katmandu
Btw, I think if the situation in Nepal is increasing we will get more reports like that...
Meanwhile GEFONT, the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions
reported this..
Trade Unions urge Bankers to Halt business
A Trade Union Delegation consisting of high level leadership of GEFONT, NTUC, DECONT and CoNEP visited various Private and Joint Venture banks. The delegation discussed with the management on contemporry situation and requested them to support institutionally the on going popular democratic movement. The unions urged them to halt activites respecting the public opinion & sentiments of people being reflected in the mass movement.
Considering the increasing pressure in favour of general strike and the trade unions, the bankers have shown their positive concern. The delegation requested the bankers and Nepal Bankers Association to clear their position as soon as possible on the issue of restoring democracy. The bankers have been found convinced that without democracy, economy and financila sector cannot survive.
The president of the Nepal Bankers Association Mr. Radhesh Pant has assured that he will call the meeting of Nepal Bankers Association tomorrow on April 16 and that the outcome will be made public just after the meeting.
In addition to the meeting with Bankers' President, the delegation talked with CEOs and executive officers of Kumari Bank, NIC Bank, NI Bank, SBI Bank, Himalaya Bank, Everest Bank, Nabil Bank and Bank of Kathmandu today.
There are a number of private and joint vneture banks & finacila institutions functioning in Nepal. Remainings will be visited continuously.
JUST BLOW AWAY THIS F.. SYSTEM!!
THE DAYS OF THE MONARCHY ARE ENDING!!
..and perhaps a new kind of democracy
in Asia is beginning..
But at first... yesterday I met on the street one of the main active maoist persons in Berlin... they organized in January a forum about the situation in Nepal. I wrote about it here
http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?cid=4&pid=471
I asked him about his opinion about the current developments there... and he had no idea, not at all... He was not really informed what is going on there in the last days.. he just knew about what was written in German newspapers...... and this is just a little of the reality...
Anyway...
Yesterday in the CNN program Chitra Tiwari, a political analyst about Nepal by the Washington Post, said: "It is very likely that the days of King Gyanendra are counted."
Well, here are coming the latest news about the current situation in Napal..
eKantipur, 4.15...
Thousands take to streets in capital; dozens including ex-minister injured in police action
While thousands of pro-democracy protesters demonstrated across the country Saturday, dozens of protesters including a former minister were injured in police firing at a massive rally in the capital.
Rallies taken out from various parts of the capital passed through Chabahil, Gongabu and converged into a mass gathering at Kalanki, where security personnel intervened. Despite the security personnel’s intervention, the seven-party alliance (SPA) managed to stage a mass-meeting.
Defying the government ban on public gatherings and rallies, protesters from Balkhu marched towards Teku. Police indiscriminately opened fire at demonstrations at Kalopul, Sanepa, where ex-minister Sabitri Bogati, UML leaders Mohan Chandra Bogati and Lal Bahadur BK were among a dozen injured.
The injured are undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Model Hospital.
The protesters shouting "We want democracy," and "Give back our rights" walked 8 kilometres along the Ring Road before converging into a mass gathering at Kalanki, one of the main entry points to the capital.
As the protesters move forward large numbers of onlookers cheered and 
clapped in support while some joined the procession.
Clashes between the protesters and security personnel at Kalopul lasted for a number of hours. Police also fired teargas and baton charged protesters.
The protestors burnt a police sentry post in the area.
Separately, rallies were taken out from seven VDCs in the western Kathmandu.
Protest demonstrations were staged at Gongabu, Kalanki, Kirtipur, Chabahil, Baneshwor, Koteshwor, Patan, Lubhu of Lalitpur, and Suryabinayak of Bhaktapur starting out this morning.
At least seven activists including Bhim KC, vice-president of UML aligned youth organization, Prajatantrik Rastriya Yuva Sangathan, were arrested from demonstrations at Ratna Park, while dozens of activists including Nepali 
Congress-democratic leader Mohan Bahadur Basnet, Min Bahadur Basnet of Nepali Congress were arrested from Sita Paila.
In Kirtipur, hundreds of women activists took to the streets demanding the restoration of democracy. The rally which went through Panga, Dobato and Ngaun, converged into a mass gathering at Naya Bazaar.
Similarly, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took out an anti-government rally in Lalitpur. A rally taken out from Satdobato was checked by the police at Jawalakhel.
A women was shot yesterday by a tear gas grenade
GEFONT, General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions..
Tenth Day of General Strike: More GEFONT people arrested
Early morning of the tenth day of the seven-party alliance (SPA) called nation-wide general strike, more than 30 unionists including GEFONT NEC member Danish Kumar Rai are arrested. Com. Rai about to start his day, was welcomed by Armed police and military personals. They rounded up his house and nabbed him from the bed without giving a single chance for a cup of tea. Later he was handed over 90-days detention order. Along with Com. Rai, GEFONT unionists Kul Bahadur Pandit and Amritlal Shrestha also arrested and detained from Bara- central South of Nepal.
Police intervention, baton charge, tear gas shells and opened fire at the protestors in peaceful rally are the regular routine work of the autocratic regime in Nepal. Reciprocating to the government's brutal repression on peaceful movement, Pro-democracy demonstrations have been gaining momentum with large public participation across the country.
The tenth day of the SPA called nation wide general strike also saw peaceful demonstrations staged throughout the country. Expressing solidarity with the ongoing popular movement, various sectors including workers, civil servants, lawyers, artists, teachers, doctors, business entrepreneurs, and disabled persons, among others, have joined this movement.
The workers of hotels and casinos displayed black banners in front of the hotels, and went to work wearing black-band from today, as part of their protest programs to support the stir.
Today over 20,000 people, including professionals, trade union members and ordinary people, marched in the streets of far-western town of Dhangadhi expressing their solidarity. The rally has ben jointly organized by GEFONT and other two recognized trade union centres.
All factories and enterprises in Nepal have been closed down since last ten days by workers and trade unions in support of the general strike. Likewise, Employees working at government banks and telecommunications, electricity offices and various public enterprises have also joined the general strike by halting all their work challenging the essential service act imposed by the royal regime.
More Story: Over 20,000 march in Dhangadhi, Over 100 arrested in Hetauda
4.15 crackdown of the rally of
the journalists
NepalNews..
Thousands take part in protests in Kathmandu
BBC News - Nepal police attack journalists
The Times of India..
Al Jazeera..
Protesters reject Nepal king's overture
CNN..
Nepal: Police attack media protest
Well, once again I am really sorry that I am no able to find independent news about the current sitution there.. Finaly we only can guess, what is going on there... what will be the future... Even Gefont is using the Nepalese bourgeois media... For me it is really unpleasantly.. Believe it!
"We will burn the crown"
Gyanendra's(a.k.a. the king) "Offer"- To Little, To Late!
According to CNN's reports from y'day: representaives of the Seven Parties Alliance(SPA)
said that the king's "offer" is nothing new and will have no effect to decrease the
current situation in Nepal.
Meanwhile political analysts said that in the coming days the "violence will increasing".
And also: that "it is just a matter of time, that the maoists(CPN-M) will soon take over the complete power in Nepal".
The CNN correspondent: "There will be no compromise between the king and the maoists(CPN-M)
and between the king and the political parties(SPA)."
Meanwhile the SPA rejected Gyanendra's "offer", demanded real democracy and promissed to
continue the struggle until the king is meeting their demands or just give up his position completely.
Anyway... here are the latest news from Nepalese and intl. media..
The Nepalese eKantipur ,4.14..
SPA leaders reject king's talks offer
Leaders of the Seven Party Allaince (SPA) Friday vowed to continue with their peaceful protest and rejected the king's offer for dailogue with political parties.
"The king's message is just the formality and it has not addressed the burning problems plaguing the nation at present. The peaceful agitation will continue," said K.P.Oli, senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist.
In a new year message the king today renewed his call for talks with all political parties and said that general elections should be conducted without any delay.
"We believe that there is no alternative to multiparty democracy in the 21st century and the verdict of the ballot alone is legitimate, the King said, adding, "... we, therefore, call upon all political parties to join in a dialogue, which we have always advocated, to bear the responsibility of and contribute towards activating the multiparty democratic polity," the king said.
"There is so much violence and bloodshed going on and people are protesting all over the country demanding restoration of people's sovereignty but he is acting as if nothing has happened," Oli said.
Thousands of people have come into the streets demanding restoration of democracy across the country over the past week as the alliance intensified its protests to pressurize the king to give up power.
At least four people have died, hundreds arrested and many others injured as the protestors and the security forces were engaged in violent clashes during demonstrations nationwide.
"No one should have confusion in what the king is trying to do. It is very clear that the king is firm in his own roadmap and he doesn't want to talk with open mind," said Minendra Risal, spokesman of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party.
On Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan through a statement issued by his spokesman in New York said that he "is more than ever concerned about the deteriorating situation."
Annan also reiterated his call for an inclusive national dialogue of all Nepalese political forces and for King Gyanendra to take "courageous steps" to find a way avoid further bloodshed.
"It is quite clear that the Nepalese people want a swift end to the conflict and instability and the immediate restoration of democracy. The loss of life and denial of legitimate rights should end without delay," Annan said.
International pressure has been mounting on king to reach out to the political parties as the United States, India, European Union and Japan expressed concern over the deteiorating political situation in Nepal last week.
The US embassy in Kathmandu closed down its visa section and reduced staffing in its mission citing security reasons. The move came after a wave of violent protests in the country.
US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack earlier this week said that King Gyanendra's failure to bring the parties back into a process to restore democracy has compounded the problem.
"As a friend of Nepal, we must state that King Gyanendra's decision fourteen months ago to impose direct palace rule in Nepal has failed in every regard. The demonstrations, deaths, arrests, and Maoist attacks in the past few days have shown there is more insecurity, not less," said Sean McCormack in a statement.
"He has failed to recognize the spirit of people's sentiment who have taken to the streets to get back their sovereignty. We will continue our movement unless complete democracy is restored," said Krishna Prasad Sitaula, spokesman of the Nepali Congress party.
Meanwhile, CPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda today said the king's address has shown "feudal stubbornness" by ignoring the burning issues of the country and people.
“Now it is clear that the Nepali people's wish for democracy and peace will be fulfilled only after taking the ongoing movement to the pinnacle of success,” Prachanda said.
The Maoist leader also reiterated his commitment to work as per the understanding reached with the seven parties and develop common programmes.
Pro-democracy demonstrations continue
Pro-democracy demonstrations were held across the country on the ninth consecutive day of the indefinite nationwide general strike called by the seven-party alliance, on Friday.
A huge pro-democracy rally was taken out in the Biratnagar Sub-Metropolis organized by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), Morang branch. Doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil society leaders and other professionals participated in the rally.
In Urlabari, Morang, the SPA activists organized a cycle rally. Demonstrations also were held in Babiyabirta and Jante of the district.
Reports from Rajbiraj said thousands of people participated in an anti-government demonstrations
Meanwhile, security personnel arrested more than 100 demonstrators, including 53 women and 14 journalists, from a peaceful rally at Baglung bazaar, the district headquarters Baglung today. The authorities, however, released all of them in the evening.
In Arghakhanchi, normal life was crippled throughout the day as vehicular movement remained disrupted, industries and other organizations remained closed due to the general strike. Thousands of villagers took out anti-government rally at the district headquarters Sandhikharka.
Reports coming in said similar pro-democracy rallies were organized in Dhankuta, Ilam, Sindhupalchowk, Janakpur, Panchthar, Kaski, Jhapa, Taplejung, Dhading, Dhangadhi, Parbat and other districts.
14 NGO activists arrested
Police intervened in a peaceful demonstration organized by various NGOs in the capital on Friday morning and arrested 14 NGO activists.
Police intercepted in the demonstration that began from Naya Baneshwar and was headed for Purano Baneshwar this morning.
Bhagawati Nepal, Sharmila Karki, Dr Netra Timsina, Shanti Adhikari, Bhola Bhattarai, Rajendra Lamichhane, among others were arrested by the security personnel today.
Issuing a statement, the NGO federation has condemned the police intervention in a peaceful demonstration. It has also demanded immediate release of all the political detainees arrested during the ongoing protests.
BBC News - Nepal parties reject king's offer
IHT, NYT..
IS THE U.S. FEARING A REVOLUTION SOON IN NEPAL?
DAY 8 OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE MONARCHY
Yesterday, 4.13, the US adminstration, according to BBC World, was ordering all not neccessary staff of the embassy and other US citizens to leave Nepal immediately. Perhaps other countries may follow this step soon, so BBC.
Meanwhile Ian Martin, the main representative of the UN Human Right Commission in Nepal accused the Nepalese "security" forces, RNA and the police, to use excessive violence against the pro-democrcy protestors.
Please read also this..
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=71040
Yesterday the "security" forces attacked a peaceful demonstration of Nepalese lawers, who demanded democracy for their country. Many people were injured, two were shot in the head. Also yesterday the police attacked a rally from disabled activists, who wanted collect money for pro-democracy demonstrators who were injured in the last 8 days of protests.
4.13, the rally of the lawers, attacked by the repression forces
The Nepalese bourgeois eKantipur reported from yesterday following..
Peaceful rallies taken out across Nepal
The eighth day of the seven-party alliance (SPA) called nation wide general strike saw peaceful demonstrations staged throughout the country today.
Pro-democracy demonstrations launched by the agitating SPA have been gaining momentum with large public participation across the country.
Expressing solidarity with the ongoing pro-democracy movement, various sectors including civil servants, lawyers, artists, teachers, doctors, business entrepreneurs, and disabled persons, among others, have joined the SPA’s mass movement.
As the authorities continued to arrest demonstrators today, security personnel opened fire at protesters in Kathmandu and Itahari.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets defying curfew orders in Chitwan today.
The SPA has said that the movement would not stop unless “autocratic monarchy” is brought to an end and complete democracy is restored in the country.
A meeting of the Mass Movement Central Coordination Committee of the SPA held in the capital today called on national and international organizations to begin a search for those who went missing during the SPA demonstrations.
Asking for pardon over the inconvenience due to the general strike, the SPA also requested the general public to encourage the movement.
Thousands attend peaceful gathering at Gongabu
Meanwhile, thousands of people participated in the SPA’s peaceful gathering at Gongabu, the area which had remained tense for the last few days due to the brutal crackdown by the police.
Leaders of the SPA addressed the gathering which was peaceful compared to the previous days. The leaders expressed their commitment to take action against those security personnel who used excessive force to quell the demonstrations at Gongabu.
Addressing the gathering, Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat said that the SPA would not make any compromise with anyone unless people’s sovereignty is restored.
Nepali Congress-Democratic leader Prakash Man Singh said that the mass movement, “which has gained new height,” will not be stopped unless 
“autocratic monarchy” is brought to an end.
Thousands of people following the meeting took to a peaceful rally which went through Samakhushi, Bashundhara, and Balaju defying the government prohibitory orders.
In Kirtipur, protesters, throughout the day, organized pro-democracy demonstrations. The protesters brought traffic along the major roads to a halt by putting up obstacles. Rallies were taken out from various corners of the town this afternoon and converged into a mass gathering at Naya Bazaar.
Curfew lifted, mobile phones resume
The government lifted the night curfew imposed within the Ring Road over the last few days, with effect from tonight.
The government also resumed mobile phone services halted for the last few days to quell the SPA-called general strike and political showdown that began from April 6.
Demonstrations in Pokhara
Thousands of activists participated in peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in Pokhara today. The rally, which began early in the morning, went through major thoroughfares and converged at Mahendrapul, where Bhimsen Dahal, a pro-democracy protester was shot dead by police during demonstrations on April 8.
The SPA also renamed the area as Bhimsen Chowk.
Activists from nearby villages gathered in Pokhara after the authorities lifted the curfew imposed for the last four days.
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=71045
IHT, AP reported this..
Nepalese police open fire on protesters, wounding three
CNN..
Nepal police 'fire on lawyers'
NepalNews..
Police arrest over 200 development workers
BBC News - Police open fire on Nepal lawyers
The Hong Kong based magazine Asia Times published following article yesterday..
King Gyanendra, it's time to bow down
PS..
Even eKantipur is a kind of bourgeois media in Nepal, but..
Govt pressurises cable operators to black out Kantipur TV
In a shameless attack on the free media, the royal government has pressurised all cable TV operators in the Kathmandu Valley to black out Kantipur Television from their network.
PTI]..DAY 7 OF THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY
IF WE CONTINUE THIS STRUGGLE TWO WEEKS THE POWER OF THE KING WILL MELT AWAY..
..a demonstrator said yesterday on a banned rally in Kathmandu, according to the German daily Berliner Zeitung.
Despide the government lifted the curfew, but all pro democratic demos and rallies were banned. But thousands of demonstrators resisted... And the repression forces killed at least one person and injured dozens other all across the country. Alone in Kathmandu, according to BBC World, more than 100 activists were arrested yesterday.
WHY THIS MOVEMENT IS GETTING NO SUPPORT::: It, if it could be victoriously, could be the first liberation in the 21st century.
Anyway, here are the latest news..
eKantipur reported following..
Police continue to intervene in demonstrations, 1 killed in Nawalparasi, dozens arrested
Despite the lifting of the daytime curfew, security personnel on Wednesday intervened in peaceful rallies in various parts of the Kathmandu Valley, that were to converge into a mass gathering to be organized at Khulla Manch, to pay tributes to those killed in the ongoing movement for the restoration of democracy.
At least a protester was killed and more tham two-dozen others injured when the police shoot at peaceful demonstrations in Nawalparasi district today.
According to our correspondent Narayan Sharma, six of the injured are in serious condition.
The deceased has been identified as local resident Bishnu Pandey.
In Kathmandu, dozens of activists were injured and several others arrested in the police action.
The agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) was scheduled to organize a peaceful mourning ceremony at Khulla Manch, also known as Sahid Manch, to mark the martyrdom of Umesh Chandra Thapa, Tulasi Chhetri, Darshan Lal Yadav and Shiva Hari Kunwar who were shot dead by security men during the pro-democracy demonstrations.
Though the government authorities lifted daytime curfew imposed in the valley from today, the prohibitory orders, which bans from holding public gatherings, remains still in place.
The policemen arrested more than half dozen activists including Nepali Congress’ Shashank Koirala and UML's Prakash Jwala from a rally at Thamel. The rally was taken out from Gongabu, wherein over 100 protesters were injured, some critically, in police action on Tuesday.
Over a dozen demonstrators were arrested from Maha Bouddha.
Protest demonstrations were organized at Kirtipur, Ghattekulo, Kalanki, Chabahil, and Patan since this morning.
The protesters torched two government motorcycles at Ghattekulo on the seventh day of the SPA-called indefinite general strike today.
Student leaders Bimal Pun and Anil Thapa were arrested from Bhaktapur this afternoon.
Similarly, policemen intervened in a rally at Tinkune and arrested more than 30 protesters including UML leaders Pradip Gyawali and Suresh Karki, NC's Padhma Narayan Chaudhari, and Samyukta Bam Morcha's Prabhu Narayan Chaudhari.
The policemen arrested Tek Bahadur Chokhyal of NC-D and Bishweshwora Dahal of UML and several others at Naya Baneshwor, while some one dozen demonstrators were arrested from Ratna Park.
In Bhaktapur, the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party today staged a mass gathering protesting against the excessive use of force by the government on the peaceful demonstrations.
Meanwhile, the government authorities today barred some 103 political activists, who have been detained at the Women's Training Centre, Jawalakhel, from organizing a blood donation programme for the injured pro-democracy demonstrators.
The authorities stopped the activists from organizing the programme citing "orders from above."
Police open fire at artistes’ rally
Police opened fire to quell peaceful anti-government protest demonstrations by cinema artists and litterateur at Purano Baneswor today.
Police charged baton and resorted to blank firing when more than 200 demonstrations came out of the Gurukul theatre centre and assembled at Purano Baneshwor to express solidarity with the ongoing movement in the country.
The protests started from Gurukul in the afternoon where senior comedians Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya staged their 1991 hit historic "Panchyat ko Shraddha" in mockery of the Nepalese authorities.
Nikil Upretti, Kiran Manandhar, Dr. Tulsi Bhattrai, Hari Govinda Luitel, Dr. Durga Prasad Bhandari, Desh Bhakta Khanal, Raamesh Shrestha, Satya Mohan Joshi and Dr. Manjil Upretti were among others participated in the programme.
Police arrested ten people from the demonstrations.
Pro-democracy activists continued to hold anti-government demonstrations across the country today.
In Gaighat, the district headquarters of Udaypur, dozens of demonstrators were injured in police baton-charge. Government employees also halted their works and joined the SPA demonstrations in the district.
In the far western district of Kanchanpur, a large number of people participated in a pro-democracy rally.
Anti-government rallies organized by various transport entrepreneurs, FNCCI, hotel entrepreneurs, civil society members and professionals were taken out also in Mahendranagar.
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=70972
NepalNews..
One demonstrator shot dead in Nawalparasi, over 50 injured
IHT, AP..
Al Jazeera..
Nepal protester killed in police firing
Here you can see more pictures from the latest protests..
http://www.rajeshkc.com/phalano/?p=497#more-497
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