Incident Reports

Kathmandu University padlocked for four days

2019-07-01

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Kathmandu University (KU) has been padlocked for the past four days.

Students affiliated to the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) padlocked the administration department and some classrooms demanding that the student union be established at Kathmandu University.

All the administrative works and academic classes have been brought to a halt after the agitating students padlocked the administration department. The university reiterated that it cannot accede to the demand of the students for the establishment of the student union.

“The political demands set forth by the agitating students cannot be fulfilled,” said an official of the University Administration.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Contestation over non-elective positions and influence
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations UML and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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