At least 19 killed in Nepal protest over social media ban

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At least 19 protesters were killed when Nepal police dispersed young protesters in Kathmandu and demanded that the government lifted the ban on social media and dealt with corruption.

A local official said that some key young protesters forced to go to the Parliament’s Complex in Kathmandu, a local official said, adding that an ambulance guarding the legislature was set on fire and throwing items on the riots of the police.

“Police are firing indiscriminately,” a protesters told the ANI News Agency. “(He) fired with bullets that remembered me but killed a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in his hand.”

Police officer Shekhar Kharnal told Reuters that more than 100 people, including 28 policemen, were getting medical treatment for their injuries. Protesters were preparing the injured TTH Hospital on motorcycles.

One and two people were killed in protests in the eastern city of eastern city, police said.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the unrest, which broke out after thousands of youths, many of whom took to the streets in early Monday, including wearing his school or college uniform.

Many people chanted slogans like “corruption and social media but” on -social media “, and” corruption against youth “, as they were marching on Kathmandu.

The organizers of these demonstrations, which spread to other cities of the Himalayan country, have called them “demonstrations by General Z”. He says the protest reflects the extensive frustration of the youth over government action to tackle corruption and promote economic opportunities.

Another protesters told ANI, “This is a new generation of protests in Nepal.”

Last week, the government’s decision to stop access to several social media platforms, including Facebook, has made the youth angry. 90 % of Nepal’s 30 million people use the Internet.

Officials said they had imposed the ban because the platforms failed to enroll with authorities in the crackdown on misuse, including false social media accounts that are used to spread hate speech and fake news and commit fraud.

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The police had orders to use water cannons, sticks and rubber bullets to control the crowd, and the Kathamando District Office spokesman, Maktiraram Rajal, had deployed the army in the Parliament area to strengthen law enforcement officers.

He said that the curfew, which will be implemented till 10pm local time, was extended to the Singh Darbar area of ​​Kathmandu, which included the Prime Minister’s Office and other government buildings.

Violence was reduced in late Syria, though protesters remained in the area outside Parliament.

Similar protests took place in Barat Nagar and Bharatpur in the southern plains and in Pokhara, western Nepal, police said.

Many people in Nepal believe that corruption is too high, and opponents have criticized the failure to implement the pledge to deal with the graft or to make progress to tackle long -standing economic problems.

Thousands of young Nepalese go abroad every year for work and education.

Former secretary of the former secretary, Rameshwar Khanal, said that although the creation of a job does not depend on expectations, it seems that popular anger is more than unhappy with its failure to eliminate government appointments and corruption.

Nepal’s social media shutdown has surfaced when governments around the world take steps to tighten social media and major tech monitoring due to increasing concern about misconduct, data privacy, online loss and national security.

Critics say many of these actions are a threat to preventing free expression, but regulators say strict control is needed to protect consumers and protect social discipline.