Youth Alliance Demands Immediate Publication of Probe Report on Violence During Pro-Democracy Protests

Kathmandu. The GenZ Movement Alliance has demanded the immediate public release of the report by the commission led by Gauribahadur Karki, formed to investigate the repression and killings during the mass protests on Bhadra 23 and 24. Alliance representatives drew the government's attention to this issue by submitting a collective memorandum to the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on Thursday.

Reminding the incident during last September's anti-corruption and freedom of expression movement where 76 people died and over 2,213 were injured, the youth accused the government of not taking justice seriously. The memorandum stated that while they had faith in the current interim civilian government led by a former Chief Justice to take action against the guilty and provide justice to the victims, the repeated extensions of the commission's term, pushing the election further back, is suspicious.

The GenZ demands that the report be made public before the House of Representatives election scheduled for Falgun 21 and that legal proceedings against the guilty be initiated. The Alliance raised concerns that the discussion about publishing the report only after the election has created suspicion among the public, questioning if there is an attempt to shelve the report like previous commissions and promote impunity.

The memorandum stated, 'If this report is not made public and implemented in time, this government will be deemed to have betrayed the mass movement that stands on the foundation of GenZ's blood and sweat.' A warning was issued that if the families of the martyrs and injured of the movement do not receive justice as the country returns to a constitutional rhythm on the eve of the election, the very legitimacy of the election could be questioned.