Incident Reports

Hunger strike in support of KC

2019-01-19

Province 1, Sunsari, Dharan

Youths of Itahari have begun a 24-hour hunger strike in Itahari Sub Metropolis on Saturday morning. They started a strike to express their solidarity with KC, the anti-corruption crusader, who has been staging his 16th fast-unto-death strike demanding reforms in the medical sector. Twenty-eight people began the hunger strike from 10:00 am. Subechhu Dewan, one of KC’s supporters, said that they have demanded the government withdraw the endorsed Medical Education Bill and address the demands of KC.




Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 28
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
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