Former PM KP Sharma Oli Held Responsible for Genji Movement Deaths by Human Rights Commission

Kathmandu. The National Human Rights Commission has held the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli responsible for the loss of life and property during the Genji movement held on Bhadra 23 and 24. The commission has held then Prime Minister Oli responsible in the investigation committee's report prepared on the human rights violations during the Genji movement of Bhadra 23 and 24. The movement, which started over the ban on various social media platforms, infringing on the freedom of expression guaranteed by the constitution, turned violent, and the commission's report states that 19 people died due to security personnel's gunfire on Bhadra 23. 'In a situation where 23 more people died during the treatment of those injured by security personnel's gunfire on Bhadra 23 and 24, it cannot be said that the then Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (KP Oli), who was in the main responsibility of state operation, is not responsible solely based on the claim that the Prime Minister did not order to shoot,' the commission's report states. The commission has stated that even though all security mechanisms except the Nepali Army appeared to have failed in the security situation analysis on the evening of Bhadra 23 and the afternoon of Bhadra 24, the Council of Ministers was not found to have made any decision regarding seeking the army's assistance.