Overview

• Authorities restored access to major platforms and announced a commission to review the crackdown, while UN officials and Amnesty International pressed for an independent investigation.
• Police and hospital counts put the death toll near 19 with hundreds injured, and witnesses reported live fire during dispersals, a claim not confirmed by police.
• Protesters torched Parliament and other government sites and set fire to the prime minister’s residence as a curfew locked down the capital.
• The army reported arrests and weapons seizures, police said more than 13,500 detainees escaped during the chaos, and Kathmandu’s airport began reopening to passengers.
• The unrest erupted after an order to block 26 social platforms under a 2023 court framework, channeling broader Gen Z anger over corruption and economic stagnation.