Human Rights Commission Report: Gen Z Protest Was Pre-Planned to be Violent

Kathmandu. The fact that the Gen Z movement held on September 9 and 10, demanding the removal of the ban on social media imposed by the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led government and demanding good governance, was not only spontaneous and peaceful, but also had a serious pre-plan to make it violent and destructive, has come to light.

The detailed investigation report of the National Human Rights Commission has concluded that although one group tried to make the demonstration peaceful, another group planned to 'hijack' it and was preparing to even set fire to the parliament building. The commission's analysis is that elements with malicious intent systematically infiltrated the crowd of young people who gathered at Maitighar demanding the lifting of the social media ban and incited violence.