Posted on 09/08/2025 4:18:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
There have been several corruption cases reported in the last few years involving ministers, former ministers and high-profile officials. At least 19 people were killed Monday (Sep 8) when police dispersed young demonstrators in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal demanding the government lift a social media ban and tackle corruption.
Several social media sites, including Facebook, YouTube and X, have been inaccessible in Nepal since Friday after the government blocked 26 unregistered platforms, leaving users angry and confused. Police used rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon and batons when the demonstrators pushed through barbed wire and tried to storm into a restricted area near parliament.
"Seventeen people have died," Shekhar Khanal, spokesman for the Kathmandu valley police, told AFP. Another two people were killed in Sunsari district in eastern Nepal, local media reported.
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I use Snowflake on my Brave browser to allow people to still get into those sites.
I take it that all the deaths were of protesters.
And it appears that they used real bullets too. That is probably what accounts for most of the 19 dead. Notice how the article kept quite about the cause of death. But one person did say they were shot for real.
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