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douglas9

(5,091 posts) Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:01 PM Sep 11

Photos: Nepal's "Gen Z" Protests

Anti-government protests in Nepal on Monday, which followed a ban on social-media apps, were met with deadly force by riot police. Reacting to that violence, demonstrators returned the next day, burning many government buildings and forcing the prime minister to resign.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/09/photos-nepal-gen-z-protest/684168/

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Photos: Nepal's "Gen Z" Protests (Original Post) douglas9 Sep 11 OP

Too bad those very social media apps they're rioting for will destroy them Ponietz Sep 11 #1

Ponietz

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1. Too bad those very social media apps they're rioting for will destroy them

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:11 PM

Sep 11

(I know they’re also protesting corruption.)

More irony.

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