Nepal Protests Live Updates: Curfew imposed after youths clash with police during march against social media ban, corruption | World News

In a nationwide protest against the move, thousands of youths, many in their school and college uniforms, marched towards Nepal’s parliament. (ANI)Protests erupted in Nepal’s capital city Kathmandu on Monday as youths –those under the age of 26, termed as Gen-Z– took to the streets in New Banshwar opposing ban on social media platforms and government corruption. The stir turned violent as the protesters clashed with the police, prompting the Kathmandu drict adminration to impose a curfew in and around New Baneshwar area, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Curfew imposed: Nepali police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the young crowds that tried to break into the Parliament, authorities and witnesses said. “We have imposed a curfew which will remain in force until 10 p.m. local time (1615 GMT) to bring the situation under control after protesters began to turn violent,” news agency Reuters quoted Muktiram Rijal, a spokesperson for the Kathmandu drict office, as saying. Police had orders to use water cannons, batons and rubber bullets to control the crowd, Rijal said.Story continues below this ad
What govt said about the ban: The government said social media users with fake IDs have been spreading hate speech and fake news, and committing fraud and other crimes via some platforms. In a nationwide protest against the move, thousands of youths, many in their school and college uniforms, marched towards the country’s parliament on Monday with national flags and placards with slogans such as “Shut down corruption and not social media”, “Unban social media”, and “Youths against corruption”, written on them. However, they were stopped police who erected a barbed wire barricade.
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