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 of lawyers.

But the mad police, who fired at peaceful poem recitation program of poets the other day, did fire at lawyers who were holding a peaceful rally.

When I entered the Nepal Bar Association premises, there were four polive vans. I was thinking that the police would arrest all the lawyers. I had not even imagined that the mad police of Gyanenrda, who prefers to see people being killed in the street to live up his super ego, will fire at lawyers without prior warning.

As around five hundred lawyers came out to the street breaking the chain of the police, the police could not arrest them. The lawyers reached to Babarmahal and sat on the street. Suddenly, a cop fired at the lawyers indiscriminately, injuring four lawyers. Then the police went berserk and rained batons on the head of lawyers. Around half a dozen teargas shells were fired. Senior lawyers, including Krishna Prasad Bhandari and Hahrihar Dahal were fleeing. Police were beating lawyers indiscriminately. A police kicked a woman pedestrian on her chest. The lawyers ran to Kathmandu District Court. The police then hurled stones and tried to break the gate of the Kathmandu District Court.

The blood hungry of police then became aggressive to journalists and human rights activists. “You human rights activists and journalists are all Maoists. Thok (beat),” a policeman yelled. Then a cop rained baton on Bimal Chandra Sharma of Insec. Already the cops had beaten journalists by singling out them.

The policemen kept on abusing human rights defenders and journalists. But our colleagues have succeeded to capture what the criminal police of the king did not the distinguish citizens of Nepal. That would enough evidence when the king will be presented before a criminal court some time in near future.

In yet another instance of state terrorism and crime, the police today beat disabled people who were holding a peaceful rally at Bhrikuti Mandap.

Yesterday there was a protest of staffs of donor agency, UN and INGOs in Nepal. The police also showed its nakedness and arrested the peaceful protesters. Now they are organizing a candle rally in capital later this afternoon.

One can imagine that when the donor community is also in the street, who is not in the street at present against the tyranny of the blood ministers and the palace.

Government employees, employees at the banks, public enterprises, even home ministry employees, doctors, lawyers, nurses, lawyers, journalists, teachers- all under the sky of Nepal, except some army generals and top police officers are in the street for a republic Nepal.
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Lawyers should do their own business, not play politics. These lawers are just political henchmen. They break all kinds of law and are still called lawyers, its ridiculous.

Another Nepali,
You also do your business and do not complain others activities.

Every one has rights to bring his voice. But majority should rule. if King feels he has majority he should test his majority.

Dear Nepalijetha, everyone has the right to speak but he or she should do it lawfully. Isn't it clear for you?

Chapagain's piece should have stuck to the facts. Instead, he wantonly infused it with his own bias. Poorly done, Chapagain.