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not really. people are really angry with the massacre of children in yesterday's 'Gen z' protest organized against social media ban. There doesn't seem to be any good coverage of event in any western press either.

update on previous comment. Things are also heating up in Nepal.

Death toll from yesterday's protest has risen to 19.

Home minister and Agriculture Minister has resigned. The protester has entered Prime Minister KP oli's residence, former PM and Maoist leader Prachanda and looks like the residence of another former PM and president of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba is also targeted. The residence of Information Minister has also been burned down.

Everyone wants the current prime minister to step down.

updates :

1. More ministers and government building has been targeted (Residence of Foreign Minister Arju Rana + a school where she is a chairperson, Former Minister of Home Affairs, Nepali Congress (NC) party office, CPN-UML party office, etc)

2. The current government formed with the coalition between Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) is in risk of collapse

3. Energy Minister's residence has been energized

4. Ministerial Quarters is being evacuated using helicopters.

5. There is a call to target the only international airport in Kathmandu to prevent politicians from fleeing.

6. The Nepali Congress general secretaries have called on PM Oli to resign and urged Nepali Congress President Deuba to recall all ministers from the Oli government. The two leaders warned that if Deuba does not heed their request, they will be forced to take action through other means to make a decision (related to number 2)

7. Residence of President, current and two former Prime Minister has been burned and other politicians from NC and CPN-ULM party has also been targeted.

8. Can hear gun fire and tear gas being used outside. fucking hell using tear gas in place surrounded by homes now.

Strangely this times its not western backed, the collapse of Nepalese govertment might not even be something they want to see judging by the response of western media.

It became an 'anti-corruption' protest due to the sheer lack of any leadership or organization. Its literally called 'Gen Z' protest since it mostly involve youth. There is no affiliation with any political parties and had school children attending it in uniform. It was just a spontaneous thing organized through instagram and tiktok posts due to the recent ban of 16 social medias (reddit, twitter, fb, instagram, messenger, YouTube, WhatsApp, etc) plus the general discontent of the people with the government.

Really no one could have guessed the scale of people that will attend the protest so both the govt and the police force were very ill prepared to handle that many people (about +12000) . The protesters managed to break through the barricade setup by the riot-police like paper. Things finally got violent after the protesters tried to enter the Parliament building.

Things get way worse after that, remember this was an entirely unorganized gathering with most of the attendees been gen z. To the surprise of absolutely fucking no one tear-gas, rubber bullets and kids do not go well together. Hundreds of people were injured with currently 18 confirmed death. The youngest being a 16 year old students who got shot in the head and died in the spot. Things are looking really grim here and people want the government replaced.

You can find the chronological update of today's event in this facebook Page