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To The Seven Party Coalition

• Document every physical threat, every physical assault, document all arrests made, all mistreatments of those arrested.
  
• The UML having 1,000 volunteers and 8,000 party workers at the December 2 rally was a good idea. Do that on a larger scale starting from December 10. Do your own crowd control. This is a non-violent movement because non-violence is more effective. We want to be effective.
  
• Have a central information gathering mechanism.
  
• The democratic government will lawfully take action at both national and international levels as necessary.
  
• Cooperate with the police if such be coming, like in the case of the security blanket thrown around the UML party office. The police belong to the people. They are on the people's payroll. It is their job to maintain law and order. Besides this is not a movement to dismantle the state structure. This is a movement to take over that structure on behalf of the people. Actively befriend the police at all their levels. Encourage junior officers to report on the senior officers who mistreat those arrested and protesting.
  
• Take endless digital pictures. Document everything, every little untoward incident.
  
• Provide extra security to all the top leaders in all the parties. Let them be accompanied by party cadres at all times during the movement.
  

To The Regime

• Right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental human right. You violate that and you violate some major international laws.
  
• This is no 1990. Noone is going scot-free. Don't issue orders now that you will regret once behind bars. And regret you will.
  
• There is a right to peaceful assembly. But armed assembly is illegal. Those 200 brown shirts, why were they not arrested? Issuing physical threats is illegal. They issued threats to the top leaders. Why were they not arrested? Threats of vandalism are illegal. Why were they not arrested?
  
• Don't arrest those who did not throw stones. Don't arrest without issuing warrants. Don't mistreat those arrested. Don't deprive them of food and water. Don't arrest minors and schoolchildren. Do not beat anybody. Physical assault in custody is illegal. You will be punished.
  
• Obey the law. Respect human rights.
  

To The Prince

• Leave policy to the king, and policing to the police. Otherwise you are hurting that very king. You are not qualified to intervene.
  

To The King

• I don't know what you are thinking.
  
• If you are thinking of playing one party against the other, that time might not come.
  
• Make your conciliatory moves before December 10. Or you will face a million strong crowd march towards the Narayanhiti.
  
• Nepal is a few weeks away from hitting the world headlines.
  
• After October 2, 2002, you came out for an all party government. After February 1, 2005, you came out for a constituent assembly. Go back to that drawing board. There is no other way out. The state structure is melting around you. Your own son seems to be melting around you. Those are signs. Read them.
  

Students protest against attack bid on UML party office They claimed the armed gangsters who tried to attack the UML central office in Balkhu were sanctioned by the government..... hundreds of UML activists took to the streets in Pokhara this afternoon to protest the bid to vandalize the party’s central office. ..... a group of around 200 supporters of the February 1 royal move drove around Ring Road of the capital on motorbikes chanting pro-king slogans and carrying national flags. The group, reportedly affiliated to the youth wing of the ‘nationalist front,’ held a meeting at Kalanki and warned that it would bring down the UML central office in retaliation of an alleged attack on the convoy of Crown Prince Paras by UML supporters on Friday
UML serious over attack bid on party HQ armed 'Mandale' criminals sanctioned by the ultra rightist element that is ruling the state ..... The rampaging 'Manadale gang' ruthlessly attacked Ain Bahadur Magar, an UML activist, at Balaju ..... journalists, human rights activists and security officials who reached the party central office on time and thwarted the possible vandalism ...... The armed group also chanted slogans against the leaders of the opposition parties and threatened to physically attack them ...... The UML standing committee also denounced the attack on pro-democracy demonstrators by pro-palace activists gathered at New Baneshwor ..... Several innocent students and passers-by were arrested by the police
Police deny food to detained people Police denied food and water to about 20 people, including five students, arrested Friday afternoon on charges pelting stones on the security convoy ...... Those arrested include five students of VS Niketan School along with commuters...... There are 13 persons including a 12-year old boy being kept in a dark room at Tinkune police post without food and water. Others in detention include Raj Kumar Bhandari (Ramechhap), Rabindra Karki (Bhaktapur), Suman Bhetwal (Dallu), Surya Prakash Bhatta (Buddhanagar) and Rajendra Kafle (Gothatar) ..... Also in detention are Yuba Raj Rai (Minbhawan), Padam Bahadur Magar (Minbhawan), Raj Kumar Shrestha (Dhading), Binay Aryal (Shankhamool), Shankar Thing (Minbhawan), Ram Hari Neupane (Nuwakot) and Bidir Karki (Tehrathum). Most of them are college students..... five students of grade nine and ten of VS Niketan School were arrested from the street near the school..... Navaraj Parajuli, a former people's representative from Koteshwor, alleged that a police official lied to him saying all the detainees were given food, but an assistant sub-inspector said they were given nothing....... The detainees also complained that police beat them up and forced them to admit pelting stones at the VVIP vehicles .... The cavalcade of Crown Prince Paras and other security chiefs passed through the area at the same time when the angry demonstrators were pelting stones at each other.
Police provide protection to UML HQ Police have been providing protection to the headquarters of the CPN (UML) ..... in retaliation of alleged attack on Crown Prince Paras by UML supporters on Friday ..... Supporters of Crown Prince Paras have alleged the UML of deliberately attacking at the motorcade of the Crown Prince and have vowed to take revenge
Royalists, party activists clash in Baneshwore The incident occurred when the pro-king groups lining both sides of the road to welcome Their Majesties chanted anti democracy slogans immediately after the UML mass meeting ..... the government employees were barred from getting outside the Singh Durbar premises on Friday to attend the mass meeting of the UML and to force them to line up to welcome Their Majesties upon their arrival...... Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers had sent a written order to all the ministries, departments and corporations to ensure that their staff line up on both sides of the Singhadurbar-Bhadrakali section of the road at 3:00 p. m. – at least one hour in advance of the royal return.
Tens of thousands of people take part in UML’s rally; minor scuffle reported participants in the rally sat on the road in front of Birendra International Convention Centre for over three hours to listen to their leaders...... over 75,000 ..... Madhav Kumar Nepal said Friday’s mass meeting was only a rehearsal and that the ‘tsunami’ of the people’s movement was in the making...... security personnel had barred dozens of public vehicles – that were carrying hundreds of UML workers-- from entering the Kathmandu in Dhading and Kavre.

18 Boys Arrested Without Warrant INSN, Delhi/Kathmandu, 4 December:INSN has received information from a Kathmandu-based human rights organisation that eighteen youths were arrested without warrant on December 2, 2005 at Minbhawan of New Baneshwor after the vehicle of the prince, Paras, was pelted with stones by unknown assailants. The youths are being held at Tinkue police station, Kathmandu. The detainees were forced to give their finger prints on written statements prepared by the security forces. However, the detainees are unaware of the content of the statements, and some received death threats from security officials, forcing them to comply. Some of the detainees were beaten severely while being taken under control, such as Sachin Bhatta, a 10th grader at V.S. Niketan, who sustained injury to his ear, resulting in hearing difficulties. A minor, Shanker Thingh Tamang, age 12, is also being held among the detainees. The police authority has refused food and bedding, and all the detainees are being held in one dark room that has the capacity of only 4-5 persons. Students from V.S. Niketan and another student of BBS have been unable to attend their examination scheduled to begin from December 4, 2005 as they continue to be in police detention.
Name and identification of the detainees:
Shanker Thingh Tamang, 12, of Om Bakery
Arjun Lama, Ujjwol Maskey and Sachin Bhatta, of class 10 at V.S. Niketan and Subash Lama of class 9 from the same school.
Surya Prakash Bhatta, 10th grader at Aristo English Boarding school in Dhangadi, Kailali district.
Suman Prasad Bhetwal, 12th grader at Orient College, Ring Road, Kathmandu
Binaya Aryal, student of BBS 1st year of Kanchanpur, District
Navraj Thapaliya, Koteshwor, Kathmandu
Rajendra Kafle, Gothatar, Kathmandu
Uddhav Rai, Padam Bahadur Magar, Yuvraj Rai and Bidur Karki, workers at Variety Food Land, Minbhawan, Kathmandu
Ram Hari Neupane, sales boy of Himal Media
Raj Kumar Bhandari of Dolakha District
Raj Kumar Shrestha of Dhading, also a helper in a public transport Ba 1 Ja 9536
Rabindra Karki

Crown Prince seeks explanation from top security officials NepalNews

Crown Prince Paras on Saturday sought clarification from chief of Nepal Police and other high-ranking security officials on alleged security lapse on Friday when his cavalcade heading towards Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) to receive Their Majesties King Gyanendra and Queen Komal reportedly came under attack.

According to reports, the Crown Prince arrived at the Police headquarters at around 10 a. m. on Saturday—a public holiday. Inspector General of Police Shyam Bhakta Thapa, chief of the Army Staff of the Royal Nepalese Army General Pyar Jung Thapa, chief of the Armed Police Force Sahabir Thapa and chief of the National Intelligence Department Devi Ram Sharma were present on the occasion.

Crown Prince left police headquarters within ten minutes.

Meanwhile, Kantipur daily reports that IGP Thapa has constituted a five-member committee to probe into Friday’s incident. The committee comprises deputy inspector generals of Nepal Police Him Gurung and Keshav Baral, senior superintendent of police Krishna Bahadur Thapa and superintendents of police Upendra Kanta Aryal and Rana Bahadur Chand. The committee has already started probe into the incident.

Earlier, reports said pro-UML supporters and a group of royalists clashed at Min Bhavan area immediately after the conclusion of a huge mass rally of the UML at New Baneswore on Friday. The cavalcade of Crown Prince Paras and other security chiefs passed through the area at the same time when the angry demonstrators were pelting stones at each other.

At least half a dozen security personnel including SP of traffic police were injured in the stone pelting, according to reports.

Crown prince Paras vandalised police headquarters, beat up three police IGPs

INSN, Kathmandu/Delhi, December 3, 2005. According to very reliable sources in Kathmandu, Crown Prince Paras Shah vandalised Nepal Police headquarters at Naxal, Kathmandu and beat up three Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) this afternoon. He reportedly accused them of not being able to provide security to him yesterday as he was on his way to the airport to receive his father Gyanendra who returned from an extended visit to Africa.

Violence erupted yesterday afternoon in Kathmandu after a group of pro-monarchy vigilantes attacked demonstrators at New Baneshwor who were participating in a mammoth yet peaceful pro-democracy demonstration organised by the Communist Party of Nepal (UML). The enraged demonstrators retaliated by pelting stones at the royalist vigilantes. The police used force against the pro-democracy activists while providing security to the royalist vigilantes. The angry demonstrators also pelted stones at the security convoy that passed through the road while the clash was taking place to receive the royal couple at the international airport. Paras Shah was also on his way to receive the royal couple, protected by the security convoy.

Paras reportedly went to the police headquarters around noon today, banged his car on the main gate, entered into the compound, called up the IGP of the Janpath Nepal Police Shyam Bhakta Thapa at his own office, broke chairs, and slapped him on his face several times. He then reportedly ordered the IGPs of the Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department to report themselves immediately to Nepal Police headquarters, lined them up, shouted at them and slapped all of them on their face and kicked them several times. Reportedly, he did this in full view of other police officers and personnel. He was reportedly asking them repeatedly, “What if the stones had hit me? I could have died. Why did you not provide security?”

Paras also reportedly assaulted a colonel of the Royal Nepal Army, in charge of the security convoy yesterday.

The three police IGPs have reportedly complained about the insulting behaviour of the prince to the king, but have not made public the details of the incident.

Several major media houses in Kathmandu have reportedly confirmed with the police sources about the incident. But fearing action by the royals, they have not carried the news yet, at the time of writing this report (7:30 pm).

Some human rights activists and journalists in Kathmandu expressed the fear with INSN that a few dozen civilians arrested by the police after the incident yesterday may be tortured or even disappeared. Immediately after the incident, the police randomly arrested people from the surrounding area, accusing them of engaging in violence. The government has not made public the list of the people arrested, let alone their whereabouts, as yet.

It is publicly known in Nepal that prince Paras has murdered and assaulted people several times in the past, before he became the crown prince, and has assaulted journalists and businessmen after becoming the crown prince.

Diaspora Logistical Help To The Movement

Nepali Bloggers At The Forefront Of The Movement

Two concrete projects have been identified so far. One has been to video blog it to the max. Another that has been making the rounds has been of providing medical services to the peaceful protestors. Lilamani Pokahrel was the first person to have brought this up. (Lilamani Pokharel For Continuous Movement) And I had a long conversation with the Alliance president Sanjaya Parajuli last night. (Alliance Action In Kathmandu, Roadmap) He put a major emphasis on the idea. Pramod Aryal was on the phone from Atlanta this morning. In that conversation the idea took yet another leap. A lot of specific names at both ends surfaced, mostly from him, as well many logistical details.

And by now the idea has taken a life of its own. There is a major thread at the Nepal Democracy group devoted to it. This has got to be one of my favorite threads at the group. Now we are talking.

Another offshoot of the idea is that providing medical services will also allow us to document atrocities should they happen. The democratic government will pursue all legal actions possible at the national and international levels. We have to develop the mechanism, create that threat, and publicize so as to reduce the extent of repression from the state, if any.

Right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental human right. No regime may violate it. The regime is going to have to respect the tenets of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when dealing with the movement, or it runs afoul of many international laws. The movement is going to document all such instances as they might occur.

Video blogging the movement to the max is also about bringing maximum exposure to the movement. This is war with communications technology, if you will. Non-violence as a political tool is being reinvented through this movement in Nepal to be put to use elsewhere on the planet down the line.

There are going to be two levels of organization for the diaspora work. There is going to be open, transparent work, and there is going to be clandestine work. So prepare to get surprised. Act surprised.

Some snippets from the thread are as follows.

Pramod Aryal: "First thing we need at that time is gauge, plasters, antibiotics, anesthesia, minor surgery, radiation for controlling excess bleeding and recovery. If the hospitals are overwhelmed, or if the security forces block access to medical fascilities, then we will see untoward casulties. Now let us plan for this...... Madhu jee, talk with medical doctors association, nurses association, paramedics, and pharmaceutical importers and producers. Have a revolution committee of doctors to treat patient. Have the roster revolving with the doctors who can give time. Have similar group of nurses, paramedics and othe health care professionals....... Look for a house, big enough to make a temporary hospital. Easily accessible. Somewhere in Naya Banewswor Chinese Highway. Make it a make-shift hospital. Negotiate rent, and let us raise funds for that...... Have 5-10 ambulance (temporary), Maruti vans could be a make-shift ambulance. Stand by and ready ...... Make a budget...... Negotiate with pharmaceutical importers, and producers, and have basic medical necessities in a temporary warehouse. Collect them immediately. Be prepared, and if Nepal supply is not enough talk to Indian producers and distributors...... This will be needed every where, not only Kathmandu. Thus talk with arilines also for cargo facility. have temporary similar things in big cities, like Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan, Birgunj, Bhairahawa-Butwol, Dhangadhi, Mahendra Nagar, Nepalgunj, Surkhet, Ilam, Dhankuta. And be prepared to airlift to Kalikot, and other remote places....... Once you guys work on this plan, put a website and request for donations. Definitely a lot of expatriates would donate there....... Make sure you all ask for blood donation and make a temporary blood bank if needed, and even if you need to import materials for such bank workout now and plan for fund raising. This can be done with respective associations and civic society. Then we all will win. Please talk to the folks of these plans. Since all these associations have national network it can be done in few days...... "

This is an amazing piece of writing, don't you think? Let's keep the book keeping as transparent and online as possible, otherwise I am all for decentralized fundraising and distributing. The important thing is that the work gets done. We should all seek the most efficient ways to complete the tasks at hand.

Pramod Aryal had one little brainstorm, and look at all those logistical details. Wow. This is Napoleon going to war!

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Pramod Aryal again: "Since we will have revolution, it might appear that the security forces might try to use excessive force. In that case we have to act. We need to form a group where we can control such excess. My idea is having Keshav Sedai jee, Dinesh Tripathi jee from here, and some lawyers from Nepal who have knowledge of International Law, and we should make it point blank that any excess used would be directly challenged in the International Court of Justice, at Hague. We should have that committee right now, and other civic society members should document such excesses. It might not be easy for Nepali lawyers to fly to Hague, but our lawyers here, and their international friends can file the case in the court. The lawyers from (N)epal should provide such information. You should announce such committee sooner, so that it will give clear message to security forces what the civic society is doing."

The movement is in the air. It sure is.

Gaury Adhikari: "1. Have mobile clinic set up in few vehicles with full team of paramedics (Nurses and one physicians with IV, fluids, Analgesics and surgical supplies. With these help one can stabilize the person on the field and then ship to nearby hospital: Kathamndu medical college in the east, Patan Hospital , B/ B hospitla in the South and Bir hospital and Teaching hospital in the center. MOdel Hospital can be vital in taking cases as well. 2. with Mobile clinic ferrying patient to hospital , the chaos in the street for injured will be spared. For this to happen all ER of the valley hospital will have to cooperate and be able to absorb the cost. A meeting should be called and communication channel will have to be built around this scheme of things. There has to be identifieable core leader in this chain of command so that it does not breakdown when the panic hits hard in the street. 3. This plan will also have system of " Triage in place. For " Triage " to happen a physician will have to be present in mobile team: he can decide whether the person is dead or beyond resuscitaiton or can be salvaged at the hospital ER. I think this is important if there is mass casualties, but for sporadic violence this will be irrelevant. 4. Similar model can be developed in other cities as well. For remote villages it should be taken in case by case basis. It also depends if the movement is going to be launched simultaneously or at phases. 5. The whole system will have to be reevaluated constantly and improved on as the conflict escalates. 6. REsources will have to be committed by the major hopsital for it to work , and mobile clinic can be run by fund raisng. 7. It is implied here that lots of volunteer personnel will have to be willing to take part in this scheme otherwise funding for such an operation by " fund raising " to "pay it as you go " basis will not be feasible. I am sincerely hoping that a Nepali will not have to shed one more drop of blood for what is innately theirs: Freedom..."

I am beginning to like this Google group, yo! (To: ND Group, c/o Puru Subedi, Nepal Democracy Google Group Does Not Believe In Free Speech) Gaury has also provided amazing details. Keep it coming, folks.

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Pramod Aryal: "If even the hospitals won't be able to bear the cost, then we should be able to work on this. Thus my suggestion is have a bank account for this, have online payment system, and generate the idea within the country also. We should move in war footing. This is not a movement, but a revolution and this will have greater casualties. Expect this. Reconcilation chances are vanishing ...... For any reason any of the leaders are enjured only, then it will go out of control and we will see a lot of blood shed in Kathmandu in similar but stronger terms than what we saw after 12 Nepalese massacre in Iraq...."

Deepak Khadka: "..... a massive agitation is going to erupt soon. .... I am sure we will be seeing amazingly inspiring and spontaneous creative actions during the agitation, yet a thoughtful preparedness to prevent/minimize unwanted loss and inspire people more would be a call of the day....... memory of some of most unispiring and negative fear about the movement I have heard in various forums for a long time...... "

Pramod Aryal: "I like the idea of mobile clinic. This will also give account of what is happening and if we need to charge these security officers, or others during movement or future investigation. Following is the group, the Bar Association and Medical Association should establish link, Physicians for Human Rights, http://www.phrusa.org/about/index.html this organizations have lawyers and physicians. ...... This organization is full of lawyers and could be helpful in keeping responsible officers to follow international norms or face charges. The mobile clinic and bar association will give fresh accounts."

This guy is a living, breathing encyclopedia, looks like, not to say a walking phone book.

Pramod Aryal: "And also we have to be clear, any use of excess force would be tried in International court of justice, as Bosnian war........... that is for true, and we have to do it....we ought to fight and people of Nepal are ready, now it is civil society to protect these people..."

Looks like finally the diaspora might open up its wallet in a major way. The moral support otherwise was getting too wordy. The video blogging part has to be rapidly expanded. And this medical services idea has to be implemented fast. December 10 is a deadline of sorts.

Another hole still in our effort is we need to get as many high profile political figures here in America and elsewhere in the world to put out statements in support of the movement.

Start donating, folks. Money is needed and fast. Money has to be raised and spent fast.

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