Youth-backed protests sweep Nepal as evictions, self-immolation stir public outrage
Hundreds of people gathered in Nepal's capital on Sunday to protest the government's drive to evict landless squatters without providing alternative resettlement.
Organised by the Joint National Squatters Front, the demonstration outside the Singhdurbar Secretariat in Kathmandu called on the government to halt evictions and ensure housing for affected families.
Separately, flooding on Friday night inundated a government-run holding centre in Kathmandu's Kirtipur, where around 150 landless squatters had been staying, forcing security personnel to evacuate the residents.
On Saturday, a group of Gen Z activists visited the site to assess the situation but were baton-charged and detained by police. One activist sustained facial injuries and was admitted to a local hospital, as cited by PTI.
Police on Sunday detained 26 people who staged a sit-in outside the Morang District Police Office in Koshi Province to protest the alleged mistreatment of Gen Z activists by security personnel.
The protests come months after the government launched an eviction drive in April, dismantling settlements occupied by landless families across the Kathmandu Valley and other parts of the country, affecting more than 15,000 people from around 2,600 families.
Organised by the Joint National Squatters Front, the demonstration outside the Singhdurbar Secretariat in Kathmandu called on the government to halt evictions and ensure housing for affected families.
Separately, flooding on Friday night inundated a government-run holding centre in Kathmandu's Kirtipur, where around 150 landless squatters had been staying, forcing security personnel to evacuate the residents.
On Saturday, a group of Gen Z activists visited the site to assess the situation but were baton-charged and detained by police. One activist sustained facial injuries and was admitted to a local hospital, as cited by PTI.
Police on Sunday detained 26 people who staged a sit-in outside the Morang District Police Office in Koshi Province to protest the alleged mistreatment of Gen Z activists by security personnel.
The protests come months after the government launched an eviction drive in April, dismantling settlements occupied by landless families across the Kathmandu Valley and other parts of the country, affecting more than 15,000 people from around 2,600 families.
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