Category: Democracy Wall

Quick Updates: State has again turned ruthless. They even took away the bodies of dead protesters from Model Hospital, Bagbazaar. As I write this, half an hour black out is being successfully observed. The authorities have extended the curfew from 8 pm to 3 am. From 3 am there is two hour break.And, again it…

Protest in Balaju Photo by Chandra Shekhar Karki Updates by Tilak Pathak and Deepak Adhikari Thapa at NHRC Home Minister Kamal Thapa reached National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at around 12:30 pm. His arrival was greeted with surprise even by the employees of NHRC. He remarked that he was there to maintain the relations. Karan’s…

Yesterday night saw a heavy downpour while it was drizzling this morning. However, after rain stopped at 5 pm today, the agitation has resumed in many places of the Valley. UWB! Team At 1 pm, thirty two civil servants including a personal assistant of Home Ministry were arrested. Four journos were among them. In Thapathali,…

As the agitation intensifies, the beleaguered king has only few options left UWB! Analysis King Gyanendra seems unfazed by the ongoing agitation that has successfully entered its 13th day. Although, by meeting two former primeministers, he tried to show that he is willing to participate in dialogue, these meetings only indicate that he is hell…

Demonstrations are going on with great reduction in traffic in the Nepal’s capital By UWB! Team The rally at Kalanki. Photo by Shaligram Tiwari. [6:25PM] The massive rally at Teku bridge were dispersed by police with more than a dozen rounds of tear-gas shells. The rally that began at Gongabu collected people on its way…

Government instruct Cable Operators to stop airing Kantipur Television as the mobile services resumed By UWB! Team [7:00PM] State Minister for Communication Shrish Shamsher Rana called all cable operators for a meeting and asked them not to air Kantipur Television through their cable. Most of the cable operators have already stopped airing the channel. Meanwhile,…

In yet another bizarre incident of brutality, security forces opened fire at lawyers in Nepal By Kiran Chapagain Though the firing of bullets donated by the US and the Indian governments is a common scene in Nepal, I had not imagined that the trigger-happy police of King Gyanendra, would fire at a peaceful silent rally…