Alojz Hlina dnes na proteste porozpraval cosi aj o "nasledujucej generacii" #SmerHlasMafia (ja by som tagol aj ako #NepoKids #Slovensko):
- #PavolGašpar
- #ErikKaliňák

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Farah Khan says she understands outsiders’ anger for Bollywood’s ‘nepo babies’: Nowadays everyone wants a struggle story

Filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan carved her place in Bollywood with several hit films and chart-topping songs. However,…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #bollywood #FarahKhan #Latvia #LV #Nepokids
https://www.newsbeep.com/219606/

Last week I watched a city burn from a rooftop in Kathmandu.

Here are my reflections on what sparked a revolution: a government social-media ban, rage at corruption, and the unchecked power of global tech.

https://schmud.de/posts/2025-09-18-signs-in-the-fire-kathmandu.html

#buddhism, #nepal, #nepokids, #genz

Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest

by Sanjaya Dhakal, BBC Nepali, Kathmandu and Jaroslav Lukiv, London

"Nepal's former Supreme Court chief justice #SushilaKarki has become the country's interim prime minister after deadly #AntiCorruption protests ousted the government.

"The 73-year-old was sworn in during a brief ceremony, becoming the first woman to lead the impoverished Himalayan nation after a deal was reached with protest leaders.
More than 50 people were killed in clashes with riot police during this week's mass protests sparked by a ban on social media platforms.

"The ban was lifted on Monday - but by then protests had swelled into a mass movement. Angry crowds set fire to parliament and government buildings in the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday, forcing Prime Minister #KPSharmaOli to resign.

"Earlier on Friday, President Ram Chandra Poudel's press adviser had confirmed to the BBC that Karki would take the oath of office that evening.

"The agreement between the president and the protest leaders was reached after days of consultations. Legal experts were also involved.

"Parliament was dissolved late on Friday and it was announced that general elections would be held on 5 March next year.

"Karki is expected to appoint ministers to her cabinet within a few days.

"She is widely regarded as having a clean image, and her leadership of the interim government is being supported by student leaders from the so-called #GenZMovement."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c179qne0zw0o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/90NDU

#Nepal #Revolution #NepoKids #YeetTheRich

What #Authoritarians May Learn About #Censorship From #Nepal’s #Protests

by Charlie Campbell
Updated: Sep 10, 2025 10:07 AM ET

Excerpt: "An eerie calm returned to Nepal on Wednesday after an army-enforced curfew paused two days of anti-government protests that had convulsed the capital Kathmandu and other cities, with predominantly young demonstrators burning tires, ransacking ministries, and invading politicians’ homes so that the occupants had to be airlifted to safety.

"At least 22 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured by security forces in the carnage, which was ostensibly sparked by state attempts to block access to social media but in truth reflect an explosion of long bottled-up rage against political corruption and widespread inequality in the Himalayan nation of 30 million.

"The banning of 26 social-media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and X was officially due to the companies’ failure to register and submit to government oversight, though protesters attributed the move as an attempt to block the crescendo of online complaints from young people furious at the #LuxuriousLifestyles enjoyed by children of the #PoliticalElite, so-called '#NepoKids.'

"The disparity between what ordinary Nepalis experience and what they saw flaunted online prompted calls last week for #MassProtests — calls which only mushroomed following the hamfisted social-media ban. Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.

" 'The government in Nepal was trying to use those new social-media regulations to prevent the very thing that happened,;' says Michael Kugelman, a D.C.-based South Asia analyst. 'So it completely backfired.'

"The power of social media to foment popular protest is no stranger to Asia, where the internet has been a key driver of popular uprisings that toppled governments in Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024, and continue to roil Indonesia today. But it’s a phenomenon that first came to light in the 2010 Arab Spring, when a series of anti-government protests swept the Middle East and North Africa that were predominately organized online.

"Most notably, and in a clear augury of Nepal today, efforts during the #ArabSpring to block social-media access simply cut a head of the hydra: highlighting the state’s blatant disregard for freedom of speech and assembly, vindicating the protesters’ complaints, and widening sympathy for their demands.

"Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls. Across Nepal’s northern frontier, #China’s Great Firewall became the poster child for tightly regulated online space. Not only does the #GreatFirewall block undesirable external information but also weeds out and proscribes politically sensitive domestic content."

Read more:
https://time.com/7315858/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-authoritarian-censorship-internet-freedom-analysis/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Censorship #IncomeDisparity #YeetTheRich