Actress Nisha Adhikari Mall Criticizes Use of Students as Human Shields in Protests

Kathmandu. Actress and leader of the Dynamic Democratic Party, Nisha Adhikari Mall, has remarked that using innocent children as 'human shields' under the guise of peaceful protests is a serious crime.

Sharing her views via Facebook, Nisha questioned the organizers of the Gen-Z movement, asking who encouraged bringing students to the streets in their school uniforms.

'It was marketed as an innocent and peaceful protest to deceive security agencies, but internally, children were used as a protective barrier,' she wrote. Stating that no one has the right to take other people's children to protests in school uniforms, she noted that this created confusion among both security forces and the public.

Her main question is why students were used as shields if the rally was truly peaceful and there was no intention to clash with the police. Terming the state's repression during the movement a heinous crime, she demanded that the culprits be brought to justice.

She emphasized that the investigation process should reach everyone from the planners of the first day to the anarchic elements of the 24th. Nisha warned that no matter how well the current government performs, if justice remains incomplete in this incident, such anarchic formulas could be used again.

She urged the government to take immediate action based on the reports of the Karki Commission and the National Human Rights Commission. Additionally, she criticized the main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, for remaining silent on such a serious issue.

She challenged those who criticize her for speaking the truth to also find the courage to raise their voices against injustice.

She wrote:

Who encouraged school students to come in school uniforms? Why did they do it? Why was a human shield needed? This ruined two things.

1) It was a betrayal of the security agencies. It was marketed as an 'innocent, peaceful protest.' Confusion was also created among the citizens. Who gave the right to take other people's children to a protest in school uniforms?

2) Why did a peaceful protest need a human shield? If there was no intention to clash aggressively with the police force and this was truly a peaceful rally, why was the school uniform needed?

What the state did after that was a heinous crime. There must be action. Action should start from the planners of the first day. It should also be taken against all the anarchic elements of the 24th.

No matter how good the current government's work is, if it allows this justice to remain incomplete, it cannot be said that this anarchic formula will not be used again.

Work should be done according to the Karki Commission report and the NHRC report. Where is the opposition in our country? What is the Nepali Congress watching?

A person who is not afraid is the one who ultimately raises their voice so that the truth comes out.

Those who have the courage to criticize innocent people for seeking justice should also have the courage to raise their voices against injustice.