Every serious violation of international law will leave the offending state with a shameful record. Protect your future generations—respect international law.
Those who ignore the value of international law and frequently speak of its demise despite the fact that it, by definition, affirms the very idea of the state, will come to regret it when, in a moment of existential crisis, the state itself stands in need of that law.
Dhanu Bishwakarma and Bidhya Rai are the best journalists of Nepal at the present time. Their compassionate reporting on Gen-Z victims stands out in today’s media landscape. This is journalism that truly serves the people.
When analysts sell allegiance, lawyers sell the law, and leaders sell the state to their own relatives and supporters, democracy becomes a fraud against the people.
The inquiry commission, formed to investigate the September 2025 killing of civilians in Nepal, served the then PM KP Oli with written questions of inquiry, instead of using the due process of law. What will the commission get out of the written answers?
KP Sharma Oli—PM during the September 2025 Gen-Z protests in which young people were killed—appeared before the National Human Rights Commission, whose members he had appointed unconstitutionally.
Nepal’s “proportional” parliamentary seats are weighed on a family scale, where relatives rise by merit, and donors never fail. Ballots vote for people, but lists obey the boss, Democracy keeps count—just not of public loss.