Youth activists in Kathmandu are demanding transparency as the commission’s findings into last year’s deadly protests, which left 77 people dead, remain unpublished.
Kathmandu: Nepali youth activists demonstrated demanding the release of a government report on last year’s deadly insurgency.
In September 2025, protests that began over a ban on social media over corruption and economic hardships turned into widespread violence, leaving at least 77 people dead.
No one has been held responsible for the deaths caused by the fire in Parliament and government buildings.
Interim leader Sushila Karki formed a commission to investigate the violence immediately after the recent elections.
The commission interrogated more than 200 people, including ousted former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, and prepared a 900-page report with thousands of pages of evidence.
“We are here asking for a report as to why the incident happened, why so many young people were killed,” activist Sanatan Rijal, 26, told AFP.
Another protester, Lakshmi Ghimire, criticized the government’s approach towards governance.
Sunday’s protest is one of several in the capital recently demanding transparency from the interim administration.
Karki said the government would publish a summary of the findings but would leave the implementation of the recommendations to the newly elected Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP).
The RSP, which is expected to take oath next week, has promoted rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah as its prime ministerial candidate.
Shah, 35, defeated veteran four-time Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in a dramatic political turnaround.
His rapid rise from mayor of Kathmandu to expected prime minister marks a significant change in Nepal’s political landscape.
