Youth Groups Demand Release of Protesters, Citing Unimplemented Agreement

Kathmandu. Various youth groups and activists have issued a joint press release demanding the immediate release of prisoners of the Janji People's Movement. They have drawn the government's attention to the issue of hundreds of youths arrested during the movement still being held in various cases.

According to the press release, the historic Janji People's Movement held on Bhadra 23 and 24 was a citizen's voice raised by the youth for good governance and democratic rights. However, state excessive force and repression at that time resulted in the deaths of dozens of protesters, thousands injured, and hundreds arrested.