2020-11-22
Members of the Khas community staged a demonstration in Maitighar Mandala of Kathmandu on Sunday, November 22 demanding to list the Khas community as indigenous people and for the formation of a Khas Commission.
Participants in the protest carried placards with slogans such as listing the Khas community as indigenous, forming a Khas commission, stopping killings and violence, stopping foreign intervention, and stopping corruption in the country.
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Primary Form | Demonstration |
Primary Cause | Ethnic or caste-based collective tensions |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
Actor 1 - Youth | na |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |