Incident Reports

Police interfere reservation activist during agitation

2019-08-06

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Police have intervened in a reservation protest in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Police intervened protest by charging baton to the protester while they were demanding to dismiss public service commission advertisement.

The movement has been protesting against the advertisement of the Public Service Commission for three months. They call it a fourth stage movement.

Tensions arose after police intervened in the movement. Naveen Magar, senior vice president of the Federation of Indigenous Peoples Federation, said that their movement was not only for reservation but also to maintain inclusive inclusion.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Issues related to policies and regulations internal to the government bureaucracy (e.g. civil servants wages, work conditions and promotions)
Actor 1 - Number of people 25
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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