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Nepal Movement, Day 3: Shoot At Sight Order

A small portrait of the translator Paramendra · 11:34 · South Asia

The king of Nepal keeps pushing himself into a tighter corner. He has taken the penultimate step. He has imposed daytime curfew for two days in a row. But it is clear the movement has now become a revolution.

United We Blog has stories of interest including one where the lead blogger himself takes part in the “revolution.” General Strike Day III Updates.

Since the curfew is on around, I am, as many others, passing time by watching television. Television news has become the source of information on what’s happening in the city (other than watching around my house from the roof)…. After the killing, Pokhara witnessed the biggest rally after the people protested the killing……. Chitwan has been declared democratic zone after the people forced police to flee the scene and took control over the governmental offices.

The Kaushaltar Story, Curfew! Clashes! Communication cut-off!

Kaushaltar and its surrounding is not big and by the number of local participants in such program, I now say that people are uprising for the revolution.

Democracy For Nepal takes a strong stand. Shoot At Sight Order: Dead End For The King, Protests (photos), Constituent Assembly: 300 Seats Of Roughly Equal Population, Crime, Organized Crime, Terrorism, State Terrorism, The Police, The Army Need To Stop Following Illegitimate Orders. The blog talks of a revolutionary parliament.

The 1999 House that will function under an interim constitution. It will have revolutionary powers. It could declare the country a republic. It could purge the entire army top brass. It could do things like that. It could send Kamal Thapa and the king to jail, for example.

Mero Sansar has some great on the ground coverage. The blog is in Nepali, but it is the only one doing video clips from the scene. There are several: video clips 1, video clips 2, video clips 3.

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Day 2: Nepal Democracy Movement

A small portrait of the translator Paramendra · 01:46 · South Asia

More than a thousand have been arrested, many have been beaten up, several killed, and Home Minister Kamal Thapa has threatened martial law. If there was a time when the international community could reach out in solidarity, this is it. Democracy For Nepal, DFN, has talked of two events in New York City among the Nepali diaspora and friends of Nepal: April 8: New Year, April 9.

A Global Voices blog entry got the blogger an offer from the BBC World Service to participate in a discussion on Nepal: BBC Calls. Phalano.com has photos: Day 1 Photos, Day 2 Photos.

INSN has detailed coverage on the action in the streets: Patan: 1990 Revisited, Reports On Arrests, Protestors Declare Kirtipur Independent, Day I: One Killed, Hundreds Arrested Nationwide, Two Hurt In Police Firing, Protestors Police Clash All Over The Valley.

United We Blog, UWB, has some great coverage on the protests: Kirtipur And Patan Through Lens, Royal Madness, General Strike Day II Updates, General Strike Day I Diary, On Photos: April Uprising I.

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