"Meanwhile, artists staged a sit-in at the DAO on Thursday. Over 100 artists and their supporters were later removed from the DAO premises “due to security concerns.” Under the surveillance of around two dozen police personnel, the protesters moved 500 metres away from the DAO. “An artist has every right to think his/her way,” said Nicole Thakuri, a Swiss-Nepali art lover, at the sit-in. “Tomorrow they may bar you from singing certain music and then the same on poetry and fiction. How far will it go anyway?”