Demo to protest assumption of direct rule by King

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• published: 21 Jul 2015
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1. Wide shot of demonstrators marching 2. Close up of demonstrator shouting 3. Close up of marchers filing past camera 4. Medium shot of demonstrators walking past White House 5. SOUNDBITE (English): Shyam Karki, Demonstrator: "The king started his action February 1st. By his radical decree, he threw all the political prisoners in jail. All political parties are suspended, civil liberties are suspended. So this is something the people of the United States cannot take." 6. Close up shot of marchers' feet 7. Medium shot of marchers walking past White House with signs 8. SOUNDBITE (English): Homraj Seharya, Demonstrator: "We want President Bush to suspend all military aid to Nepal because the weapons the American government is providing are not utilised very wisely. So we want President Bush to keep his word. He had said that his mission was going to be establishing democracy across the world, and Nepal definitely counts." 9. Close up shot of protester's signs as they file past White House STORYLINE Demonstrators protested in the streets of Washington on Sunday to voice their objection to Nepalese King Gyanendra's decision to take control of the government in February. The group, made up primarily of former Nepali residents now living in North America, filed past The White House. Protestors demanded a suspension in US military aid to Nepal until civil liberties are restored. The King has claimed his actions were necessary in part to end the civil war, which has killed more than 11,500. In recent days Communist rebels have abducted more than 500 students from their classrooms in a series of bold kidnappings in western Nepal, officials said Sunday. The Royal Nepalese Army headquarters in the capital said the students had been taken from their schools in neighbouring Tahanu and Palpa districts, west of Katmandu. They were rounded up from their classes and taken on Friday from these village schools in the remote mountainous area which has a strong rebel presence. The official said authorities had little information, but called the abductions inhuman and a violation of human rights. The rebels - who claim to be inspired by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong - have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow Nepal's constitutional monarchy and replace it with a communist state. Earlier on Sunday, international aid agencies announced a pullout from a poverty-ridden district in west Nepal after two staff members of the German development agency GTZ were severely beaten by the rebels when they refused to hand over money. A joint statement from aid agencies said a male and female were beaten, and the woman was ordered to dig her own grave before a fee was paid and the two were released. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bb2021d3266774462187e617f36a6e63 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork