Hundreds of Edmonton’s Nepalese community gathered Monday night to light candles and mourn the loss caused by the violent protests in their home country.

Youth in Nepal are protesting a government social media ban that has now been lifted. What was supposed to be peaceful turned violent when police clashed with protestors.

Several widely used social networks, including Facebook, X, and YouTube, were blocked in the Himalayan nation last week after failing to comply with a new requirement to register and submit to government oversight.

Rallies against the ban swelled to tens of thousands of people in Kathmandu, and crowds surrounded the parliament building before police opened fire on the demonstrators.

At least 19 people have died, with hundreds more injured.

“It breaks our hearts seei

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