Context
Nepal just arrested its former prime minister over last year’s protest killings.
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BBC and Reuters report that ex-PM KP Sharma Oli was arrested in Kathmandu after a panel recommended prosecuting him and other senior officials over the September 2025 crackdown that killed 76 people and wounded 2,522. A social media ban helped ignite the unrest, so this sits at the intersection of platform control, youth anger, and state violence.
Smart Take
Nepal just arrested its former prime minister over last year’s protest killings.
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The smart take: Nepal’s new government now has to prove it can prosecute the old one. The immediate test is whether police move from arrest to formal charges instead of letting the commission report gather dust.
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