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| India-Pakistan |
| Dozens hurt in Nepal strike rally |
| 2004-02-02 |
| EFL Dozens of people have been hurt in clashes with police while demonstrating during a general strike in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. Police used batons and tear gas against thousands of protesters and those injured or arrested include a number of senior opposition leaders. The strike was in protest at alleged police brutality at demonstrations. I guess the police are sticking to their There have been many street protests in Kathmandu over the king’s decision to sack an elected government in 2002. Five parties from the dissolved parliament have been at loggerheads with the monarch ever since. They want him to restore the dismissed government or create a new one which includes their You don’t really need a government in a ghost town. Several protesters have been hurt in recent clashes with the police. Batons, tear gas and water cannons have been used against the protesters, whom security forces have accused of breaking the law by chanting anti-monarchy slogans. Although the opposition parties say they are still committed to a constitutional monarchy, their youth wings have been Ptooie. The king dismissed the government in 2002 saying it was not doing enough in a bloody struggle against insurgents fighting for a Maoist republic. My impression is that a five party coalition government would probably have been too preocupied fighting each other to take effective action against the insurgency. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #1 Sorry meant to file under Central Asia |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-2 5:19:11 PM |