Nepal faces its worst crisis in years as curfew-defying protests target political institutions.

Demonstrators in Kathmandu have defied a curfew and broken into and set fire to the parliament building. They had earlier stormed the office of the Nepali Congress, the country’s largest party, and several prominent politicians’ residences.

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepped down on Tuesday amid escalating anticorruption protests. The resignation came a day after 19 people were killed by security forces in violent demonstrations sparked by a social media ban.

Exuberant young people flooded the parliament complex upon hearing the news, waving their hands and shouting slogans as smoke billowed from parts of the building.

    • Soulg@ani.socialEnglish
      272·
      3 months ago

      It helps that the country is small enough for substantial amount of the population to be able to go there

      • pyre@lemmy.world
        41·
        3 months ago

        it’s the exact opposite. the helpful thing is if you don’t need a substantial portion of the entire population to be at a protest to get anything done. it’s much harder to halt the entire society for a protest than having so many people that .1% of the population would still be a scary crowd.

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        3 months ago

        Trump would love a reason to justify sending more troops into our cities. Take a look at our military spending compared to the rest of the world below.

        That’s the spark he needs to really take over, where as right now he is struggling to keep his base frothing.

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