The Kathmandu District Administration Office has imposed a curfew in several parts of the capital, according to reports, following protests against the Nepal government’s ban on 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube, which turned violent. The areas under curfew included, Parliament, the government secretariat, the presidential palace, and other high-security zones.
Security forces responded with tear gas and water cannons. Reports said at least 14 people have died in the clashes. “Stop the ban on social media, stop corruption not social media,” the protesters chanted, waving the red and blue national flags. Monday’s protest rally was described across reports as the protest of Gen Z, generally referring to people born between 1995 and 2010.
The Nepal Army has been deployed to enforce law and order in areas of protest in Kathmandu, a government spokesperson was quoted as saying by news agency. Meanwhile, a high-level meeting of Nepal’s National Security Council is underway at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar in Kathmandu. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is chairing the meeting, which Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, Defence Minister Manbir Rai and Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel are attending.
While the government claims the ban is a matter of regulatory compliance, protesters view it as a direct act of censorship aimed at suppressing critical voices and organised dissent.
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