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Nepal Social Media Ban Gen-Z Protest News Live Updates: The protest of Gen Z turned violent as the youths clashed with the police, prompting the Kathmandu district administration to impose a curfew in and around New Baneshwor area, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Nepal Social Media Ban Gen-Z Protest News Live Updates: At least 14 people have been killed after 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 Baneshwor, opposing ban on social media platforms and government corruption. The stir turned violent as the protesters clashed with the police, prompting the Kathmandu district administration to impose a curfew in and around New Baneshwor area, The Kathmandu Post reported.
(Himal Press)
Curfew imposed: The Army has been deployed in parts of Kathmandu where protests have intensified and curfew has been imposed. Nepali police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the young crowds that tried to break into the parliament building, 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 district office, as saying. Police had orders to use water cannons, batons and rubber bullets to control the crowd, Rijal said.
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 by the police who erected a barbed wire barricade.
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17:35 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests LIVE | Why is it being dubbed the Gen Z protests?
Nepal is witnessing the deadliest civil uprising in years as tens of thousands of young agitators took to Kathmandu’s streets to protest the government decision to block about two dozen social network platforms, including YouTube and Facebook.
For Nepal’s young, who make up the largest demographic in the country and are among the heaviest users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, the government’s decision to block over two dozen platforms cut directly into their daily lives.
The demonstrations on Monday were called the protest of Gen Z, a term used to refer to people born between 1995 and 2010. With the age group of 16-25 years accounting for 20.8 per cent of total population and 90 per cent of its 30 million people using the internet, the country has become a fertile ground for a digitally native generation to mobilise online dissent into mass street protests.
Many protestors were seen in their school and college uniforms as they swarmed New Baneshwor, which houses the Parliament, the government secretariat, and the presidential house.
16:56 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Death toll rises to 14
At least 14 people have died in Nepal on Monday in violent protests against a social media shutdown by the government and alleged corruption, state-run television said.
16:44 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Visuals from protest sites in Kathmandu
16:27 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Watch how protests turned violent
Massive Generation Z-led protests erupted in Kathmandu after Nepal banned 26 major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp. Initially peaceful, demonstrations turned violent as protesters breached barricades near Parliament, vandalized gates, and clashed with police.
15:57 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: At least 8 killed, many wounded as police open fire on Gen-Z crowd in Nepal’s Kathmandu
At least eight young men were killed and many others wounded Monday as the police lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a Gen-Z crowd in Kathmandu that entered Nepal’s parliament, opposing the ban on social media platforms and government corruption.
So far, eight deaths have been confirmed, with an unspecified number of wounded, some critically, as protesters took to the streets in New Baneshwor.
The men, all under 30, had assembled at Maitighar Mandala, a designated protest spot, approximately 1,200 meters away from Nepal’s parliament, to protest against what they claimed was rampant corruption and the impunity with which the rulers had been operating, ignoring all demands for a probe into corruption in high places.
After thousands of Gen-Z protesters took to the streets in a massive protest, and stormed the parliament and other government offices, the Nepal government imposed curfew in most parts of Kathmandu and Pokhara, where protests and clashes with the police took place.
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, whose resignation is now top of the agenda, called an emergency cabinet meeting in the evening.
16:27 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Watch how protests turned violent
Massive Generation Z-led protests erupted in Kathmandu after Nepal banned 26 major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp. Initially peaceful, demonstrations turned violent as protesters breached barricades near Parliament, vandalized gates, and clashed with police.
15:57 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: At least 8 killed, many wounded as police open fire on Gen-Z crowd in Nepal’s Kathmandu
At least eight young men were killed and many others wounded Monday as the police lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a Gen-Z crowd in Kathmandu that entered Nepal’s parliament, opposing the ban on social media platforms and government corruption.
So far, eight deaths have been confirmed, with an unspecified number of wounded, some critically, as protesters took to the streets in New Baneshwor.
The men, all under 30, had assembled at Maitighar Mandala, a designated protest spot, approximately 1,200 meters away from Nepal’s parliament, to protest against what they claimed was rampant corruption and the impunity with which the rulers had been operating, ignoring all demands for a probe into corruption in high places.
After thousands of Gen-Z protesters took to the streets in a massive protest, and stormed the parliament and other government offices, the Nepal government imposed curfew in most parts of Kathmandu and Pokhara, where protests and clashes with the police took place.
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, whose resignation is now top of the agenda, called an emergency cabinet meeting in the evening.
15:26 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: at least one dead, 50 injured in Nepal protests against social media ban, state TV says
At least one person died and more than 50 people were injured in Nepal on Monday in violent protests against a social media shutdown and alleged corruption, state television said.
15:25 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: photos of protestors taking to the streets
15:21 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: curfew imposed
Nepali police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse young protesters who tried to storm the Parliament building, officials and witnesses said. “We have imposed a curfew that will remain in effect until 10 p.m. local time (1615 GMT) to bring the situation under control after protesters turned violent,” Kathmandu district office spokesperson Muktiram Rijal told Reuters.
He added that security forces were ordered to use water cannons, batons, and rubber bullets to push back the demonstrators.
14:47 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Why is it being called ‘protest of Genz’
“Stop the ban on social media, stop corruption not social media,” the crowds chanted, waving the red and blue national flags. Monday’s rally was called the protest of Gen Z, generally referring to people born between 1995 and 2010.About two dozen social network platforms that are widely used in Nepal were repeatedly given notices to register their companies officially in the country, the government said. Those which failed to register have been blocked since last week.
14:43 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Nepal latest to join countries tightening control over social media
About 90% of Nepal’s 30 million people use the internet.
14:41 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Curfew situation update
“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,” Muktiram Rijal, a spokesperson for the Kathmandu district office, told Reuters. Police had orders to use water cannons, batons and rubber bullets to control the crowd, Rijal said.
14:41 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: What govt says about the social media ban
14:40 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Almost all platforms banned, what is available for Nepal youth
With almost all social media platforms banned, the organisers and support groups used TikTok, which continues to operate, to ask the “corrupt leaders” to disclose their income sources.
Prime Minister Oli said he hoped that the youth would understand the consequences of violating the law. He, however, said he was a votary of people’s right to protest.
14:39 (IST) 8 Sep 2025
Nepal Protests Live: Why were youths protesting?
The movement spiralled five days after the K P Sharma Oli government ordered a shut down of 26 social media platforms including Instagram, Whatsapp, Signal and WeChat after their refusal to register with the government and endorse a move to bring their users under state vigilance under a directive and law it plans to bring about.
(With Inputs from PTI , ANI, Reuters , Himal Press (Nepal) and AP )
