The past few days has seen a series of protests in Nepal. Around the
world this has been reduced to a reactionary response by youth to a"social media ban". This is a shallow obfuscation of the actual
situation which has seen a long build up across the counrty against the
corruption, nepatisim and authoritarian policy the people find in the
government, one which has for ten years centralised it's power base and
the political infrastructure and suspended democratic process at will.
The current wave of protests have spiralled forward into an uprising in
response to the governments attempts to brutally silence it. Police have
gone from riot gear and barricades to water cannons and baton rounds, to
military vehicles and weaponry using live fire resulting in purposeful
murder. The movement is overwhelming compromised of younger people, some
19 of which have been murdered so far with over 400 seriously injured.
Of course there is the usual barking about "outside intervention",
"western influences", "Anarchic infilitrators making the movement look
band" and so on, global commentry looking to frame the situation in a
way that serves them. Usually this stems from people whose picture of
Nepal is limited to a big hill, some sherpas and some vague esoteric
ephemera. Even within Nepal there is disagreement and obfuscations
around the motives and manner of those taking action, especially the
more militant and violent actions, this is the same with every protest
worldwide ofcourse.
Ultimately the dramatic scenes that now flow are the results of years of
police violence and political corruption, given flame specific political
moment and the police murder of children. They are organic and of the
people of Nepal.
We do not claim them, nor can we speak for the Nepalese youth. We can
simply hope to understand their cause, express our solidarity, and share
their rage. With this in mind here is a series of communications from
comrades in the region.
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Update from Nepal Gen-Z Protest
Key Demands: Stand against Corruption, Governance and Free Speech,
However international media is focusing only on social media bans.
1. Police have been brutal and open fired targeting GenZ/ students in
their head and chest who were protesting silently yesterday, until last
report: 19 killed and more than 50 are in critical treatment and many
injured.
2. Government has lifted the social media ban last night.
3. The Home Minister resigned last night, and few other Ministers from
the Coalition Government representing Nepali Congress- the biggest party
with 89 Seats. KP Sharma Oli Prime Minister of Nepal is leading the
Government Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML)
second biggest party 78 seats.
4. Curfew has been imposed in major cities of Nepal since yesterday
afternoon, Youths and people are continuing protests all over Nepal
defying curfew orders and calling for the resignation of the Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli after killing of innocent students.
5. House of Sher Bahadur Deuba ( former Prime Minister) and President of
Nepali Congress- biggest party has been attacked this morning by youth
in Kathmandu.
6. House of Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda ( former Prime Minister) and
Chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) has been
attacked today morning. He is the leader of the Opposition Party
7. Police offices and offices of the different political parties have
been torched by GenZ all over Nepal.
8. Exact number is yet to come, but we have heard there was lots of gun
fire there. Also the permission was given only for rubber bullets but
armed police force used the real bullets.
9. They killed a minor, with a school uniform with a real bullet in head
and chest directly. This was not just for defense. This is extensive use
of force.
10. Today there is also protest happening in some places, but the large
area of Kathamndu municipality has been curfewed since yesterday.
Nepal is under a Political Crisis. The situation in Nepal for a few days
has been uncertain. We tragically lost innocent lives who were
exercising their democratic rights to freedom of speech and peaceful
assembly. Currently we need support from international news and medias,
they are falsely writing the protest is for social media ban, but it is
against the corruption.
Protests gather and share the iconography of the Indonesian revolt (the
"One Piece" Skull and Cross bones).
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Anonymous Update
On September 5, 2025, Nepal's government banned 26 social media
platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X, YouTube, and Reddit,
saying they didn't follow the Directive for Regulating the Use of Social
Media, 2080 (2023/2024) to stop "hate speech." But let's be honest: this
was to silence us. Social media is our lifeline where 70% of Nepal's
youth use it. It's how 2 million workers abroad talk to family, how
young people earn money in a country with massive unemployment, and how
we expose corruption, like the latest videos in social media shaming
politicians' rich kids. This ban is about control, not safety.
Today, September 8, 2025, thousands of unarmed Gen Z, students, and
citizens marched peacefully from Kathmandu's Maitighar Mandala to
Parliament, waving flags, carrying books, and holding signs: "Shut down
corruption, not social media." They demanded an end to graft and digital
censorship. But the state answered with blood. Chief District Officer
Chhabi Rizal authorized rubber bullets "to protect public property,"
starting with water cannons and batons. Then, defying orders, police
fired live ammunition. Eyewitnesses saw real bullets pulled from
victims, where a student shot in the head while in his school uniform.
At least 14 are dead, students among them, many in uniforms and over 100
injured.
This is state-sanctioned murder. Targeting students in uniforms violates
Nepal's education laws made by Ministry of Education directives (2021)
which declared it illegal to involve kids in political rallies in
uniform, as schools are "peace zones" under policies protecting minors.
While the organizers used uniforms to symbolize youth, the government
turned them into targets, possibly breaching the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child.
Now, the government is definitely going to state it as "Gen Z protests
lead to casualties and damage to Nepal's property," blaming "anarchists"
to dodge accountability. This is their vindictive agenda to protect the
corrupt elite. Parents wait, terrified, for children who'll never
return. How is this our home when our streets are killing fields?
This is Louis Althusser's had stated in his theory of repressive state
apparatus (rsa) where when propaganda fails, the state unleashes police
and army to silence us, painting us as threats while corruption festers.
Ramesh Lekhak's house set on fire. The now former Minister of Home
Affairs is belived to responsible for a shooting. He has now retired,
for reasons.
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Safal Statement
Introduction
The massacre on the 8th September was Class Struggle. The Working Class
has been openly attacked by the State. The first shot declaring a Class
War and the Working Class must now defend itself. We have therefore
declared a Safal Committee to organize its defense.
Our Demands
1. Immediate arrest of the Government as Public Enemies.
2. A People's Tribunal against all Public Enemies.
3. Disarming of the State: Police, APF and the Army.
4. Expropriation of all Enemy Property and Citizenship.
5. General Arming of the Masses for its Defence.
6. Dissolution of Parliament by an Elected Workers' Assembly.
7. General Strikes & Demonstration for the defense of the Working Class
Workers of the World, Unite!
Unanimous Statement,
Safal Committee
https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2025/09/09/nepal-communications-international/
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