Nepal, just ending its civil war, hopes for long lasting peace from its ongoing peace process. And Nepalis empathize with Lebanon. To show their support, they held a protest against the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
 | |  Nepalis protest against war | | | ©2006 Sagar Shrestha | |
The protest was organized by the Nepal chapter of Amnesty International. Youths and children participated, as did some foreign nationals.
 |  | | | Foreign national participating in anti-war protest | | | ©2006 Sagar Shrestha | Protestors gathered at Maitighar Mandala and displayed various placards: "Stop war," "No War," and "Peace not War," among others.
Some 4,000 Nepalis are said to be working in Lebanon. As of last week, only 60 had been evacuated.
The state-run daily Gorkhapatra has reported that Dambar Kumari Subedi, a Nepali woman working in Lebanon, was killed during an Israeli attack in Lebanon two weeks ago. Her death has yet to be confirmed by the government, but the daily quoted Chandra Subedi, her husband, as saying that his wife was killed on July 14. He said he learned of her death from four Nepali youths from the western district of Gulmi that he had met in Chennai, India. The youths had left Lebanon after the Israeli attacks intensified.
The foreign ministry in Kathmandu announced that the government has banned Nepali workers from foreign employment in Israel and Lebanon until further notice. Manpower agencies that already have permission to go there have been cancelled.
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Attempts to evacuate Nepali workers in Lebanon are ongoing, the official said.
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