Dozens of protesters marched outside the capital's Central Secretariat, which houses the prime minister's office as well as several other ministries and government offices.
"Down with autocracy. We want democracy," the demonstrators chanted as they threw fliers in the streets urging people to join their movement.
They arrived in a public bus and quickly pulled out party flags and chanted anti-government slogans, surprising police and blocking traffic for a few minutes before being loaded into police vans and taken away.
Nearly 50 people were arrested in front of the government offices in Katmandu and another 72 people were detained in demonstrations in nine other cities in what Nepal's banned political parties described as a nationwide protest.
Monday, March 28, 2005
120 Nabbed for Defying Nepal Protest Ban
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