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General Strike Continues Another Day: 4/13/06

COCAP Report - April 13, 2006: Kathmandu

 

COCAP HR Monitoring team resumed its monitoring work from early morning of Thursday .The team have found several  incidences of human rights violation by the government during the seven party indefinite general strike. A group of lawyers and human right activists on Thursday took to the street and demanded restitution of democracy and denounce King Gyanendra’s direct rule. Police intervened; baton charged and opened fire at the protestors and also used tear gas shells to disperse the gathering in Babarmahal. Police brutally stroke the protestors with the butts of their rifles. Four lawyers sustained bullet injuries and several others were critically injured in the tussle with the armed police forces. The police have detained 72 lawyers from the site.

 

As reported among the injured and detained members of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) are as follows:

             

1.       Shambhu Thapa

2.       Sher Bahadur K.C.

3.       Bhim dhakal

4.       Binod Nepal

5.       LilaMani Paudel

6.       Krishna Prasad Bhandari

7.       Radheshyam adhikari

8.       Khem Narayan Dhungana

9.       Basantaram bhandari

10.    Harihar Dahal

11.    Satish Krishna Kharel

12.    Dhrubanath Panta

13.    Sitaram Tiwari

14.    Indra Lohani

15.    Ravi Khanal

16.    Bhumi Kharel

17.    Geeta Sangraula

18.    Shankar subedi

19.    Baburam Kunwar

20.    Raju Chapagain

21.    Surendra Thapa

22.    Khadagman Subedi

23.    Santosh Sigdel

24.    Narayan Prasain

25.    Basanta Basnet

26.    Rajendra Neupane

27.    Matrika Thapa

28.    Kalam Bahadur Khatri

29.    Bikash Rai

30.    Padam Bahadur Shrestha

31.    Tilak rai

32.    Dipmani Niraula

33.    Mahendra kanta Mainali

34.    Surendra Kumar Mahato

35.    Shiva Rijal

36.    Prakash mani Sharma

37.    Ram Kumar Shrestha

38.    Rajan Dhungana

39.    Bishnu Luintel

40.    Kedar Dhakal

41.    Yamraj Dhungel

42.    Iswari Bhattarai

43.    Sanuraja Pokhrel

44.    Shantidevi Khanal

45.    Rajaram Dhakal

46.    Anjita Khanal

47.    Bhimarjun Acharya

48.    Badri Bishal ghimire

49.    Chundamani Paudel

50.    Dhananjaya Khanal

51.    Bharat Kumar Khadka

52.    Dhundiraj Devkota

53.    Khum Bahadur Khati

54.    Rajkumar Karki

55.    Hari Paudel

56.    Laxman Khaniya

57.    Ramesh Dawadi

58.    Jagadish Ghimire

59.    Devi Prasad Koirala

60.    Narayan Prasai

61.    Rabindalal Joshi

62.    Bhumi Tripathi

63.    Jagannath Mishra

64.    Sukdev Kafle

65.    Rajeswor Adhikari

66.    Tej Kumar Sharma

67.    Rajkumar Siwakoti

68.    Shyam Narayan Shrestha

69.    Pun Devi Maharjan

70.    Sahakul Khatri

71.    Bijaya Kumar Basnet

72.    Ujwal Sukla

73.    Rajesh Maharjan

74.    Sanubhai Shakya

75.    Sanu Shakya

76.    Rajya Laxmi Bajracharya

77.    Buddhiram Thakur

78.    Prem bahadur Khadka

79.    Kedar Karki

80.    Navin Shrestha

81.    Sitaram Adhikari

82.    Raju katuwal

83.    Prem bahadur Khadka

84.    Kedar Karki

85.    Navin Shrestha

86.    Sitaram Adhikari

87.    Raju katuwal

88.    Amar Raut

89.    Kamal Iteni

90.    Lekhnath Adhikari

91.    Lava Mainali

92.    Ram Chandra Simkhada

93.    Tanka Chaulagain

94.    Bharat amni Gautam

95.    Bijaya Paudel

96.    Rishi Dhamala

97.    Ramhari Silwal

98.    Deep Rayamajhi

99.    Pradeep Pokhrel

 

In Kritipur area, having shown strong solidarity to pro-democracy movement right from the first day of the strike, showed tremendous unity and solidarity to the ongoing national general strike by organizing a unique peace rally and various cultural programs. More than 10,000 demonstrators which included teachers, farmers, students associated with the seven party alliance, women and elderly people, civil servants, businessmen. They completely took the Tribhuwan University area under control and blocked the entry of vehicle and declared the area as police prohibited zone and republican democracy zone. The demonstrators barricaded the gate of TU with large boulders, tree trunk and stones. The mass sat on the ground singing pro-democracy song, poetries etc.

 

Several people from the area addressed the gatherings on turns with highly emotional speeches. People were clapping hands to give rhythm to the movement. It was really a wonderful thing to witness such an uncommon demonstration. There was no intervention from the police side to disperse the crowd and the police did not make any attempt to break the barricade.

 

In Gongubu area also the demonstrators presented a peaceful gathering condemning the government anarchy on eleventh of April. Around 15000 people gathered to give continuity to the ongoing strike. People marched ahead shouting pro-democracy mantras and strongly criticize atrocities of the government. Unprecedented, there was no intervention of police forces police forces were more focused on protecting the residence of AIG, Roop Sagar Moktan. A large number of army personnel were deployed in the area with the armored vehicle. Leaders from the seven political parties including Prakash Man Singh, from NCD Ramsharan Mahat from NC and Yogesh Bhattarai from UML addressed the gathering. Leaders openly confessed their past mistakes and pledged not to repeat the same mistakes.

 

Report from COCAP focal point

 

As reported by our focal point at NESPEC, Udaipur, around 7000 people took out a protest rally defying the prohibition imposed by the government. People from all walks of life joined the rally. The agitating crowd marched ahead the completely destroyed the house of Vice Chairperson of District Development Committee, Mr Ram Chandra Gupta.

 

The crowd hauled stones and brickbats. Several people were injured in the rally. Members of NEPSEC, extended humanitarian support to the injured giving first aid treatment and distributing food and snacks to the people in need.

 

Another focal organization, SAC Nepal, Banke reports that a protest rally comprising around 5000 people was taken out in Kohalpur. The protestors severely thrashed the intruders stationed by the government.

 

(On Behalf of COCAP Monitoring Team)