Da The Guardian del 15/03/2005
Originale su http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1437780,00.html
Hundreds arrested in Nepal
Kathmandu - Police beat protesters and arrested hundreds during nationwide rallies in Nepal yesterday against the king's emergency rule, while communist rebels set buses alight and threatened to step up attacks against the government.
The police clubbed demonstrators in at least two towns in southern Nepal, injuring at least nine. Some 300 people were reported detained nationwide, including dozens in Kathmandu, where protesters waved the red and white flags of the Nepali Congress party, the country's largest.
"We want democracy, we want freedom," they chanted.
Most of the arrests had been reported in the south, where police broke up several protests, said Nepali Congress party officials and police. About 120 activists were detained in Janakpur, about 150 miles south-east of Kathmandu.
Police have detained hundreds of politicians and activists since the royal takeover.
Meanwhile, Maoist rebels burned at least four buses yesterday near Itahari, about 300 miles west of Kathmandu, to enforce a strike. No one was hurt.
The rebels' leader, Prachanda, whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, announced over the weekend that his forces would step up attacks and set up road blockades, culminating in a 10-day nationwide anti-monarchy strike, beginning on April 1.
The police clubbed demonstrators in at least two towns in southern Nepal, injuring at least nine. Some 300 people were reported detained nationwide, including dozens in Kathmandu, where protesters waved the red and white flags of the Nepali Congress party, the country's largest.
"We want democracy, we want freedom," they chanted.
Most of the arrests had been reported in the south, where police broke up several protests, said Nepali Congress party officials and police. About 120 activists were detained in Janakpur, about 150 miles south-east of Kathmandu.
Police have detained hundreds of politicians and activists since the royal takeover.
Meanwhile, Maoist rebels burned at least four buses yesterday near Itahari, about 300 miles west of Kathmandu, to enforce a strike. No one was hurt.
The rebels' leader, Prachanda, whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, announced over the weekend that his forces would step up attacks and set up road blockades, culminating in a 10-day nationwide anti-monarchy strike, beginning on April 1.
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