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Nepali demonstrators defy government curfew after 19 killed during protests

By Diaa Hadid
Published September 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM EDT

Demonstrators in Nepal are defying a government-imposed curfew in the capital after 19 people were killed in protests fueled by fury over elites flaunting their wealth online and a social media ban.

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Diaa Hadid
Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.
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