NHRC recommends action against Oli, Lekhak, Gurung over Gen Z protest rights violations

Commission seeks departmental action against serving police chiefs, blacklisting of former security heads, and wider accountability over September unrest.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended action against former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, former home minister Ramesh Lekhak, and former communication and information technology minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, concluding they were responsible for human rights violations during the Gen Z protests of September 8 and 9.