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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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560 points whatsupdog | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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perihelions ◴[08 Sep 25 11:48 UTC] No.45167153[source]▶
Hard-earned freedoms are wasted on societies who don't have memories of what it took to earn them. Freedom is a ratchet: slides easily and frictionlessly one way, and offers immense resistance in the other.

This is all so disheartening.

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mothballed ◴[08 Sep 25 12:09 UTC] No.45167311[source]▶
I'm totally ignorant of the human right situation in nepal.

In the copy I found of their constitution, it only mentioned freedom of speech for the government. On their house floor.

What was it like there in recent times? Much state repression for political thought or unapproved opinions?

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1. mytailorisrich ◴[08 Sep 25 14:52 UTC] No.45169088[source]▶
A Constitution is just a piece of paper.

I think Westerners and perhaps especially Americans think it has intrinsic power because they have a strong rule of law and effective independent courts so they are used to their Constitution being well inforced.

However, in a country where this is not the case the Constitution is just a piece of paper...

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2. mothballed ◴[08 Sep 25 15:06 UTC] No.45169252[source]▶
Agreed but if the right doesn't exist on paper it's not likely the government is going to respect it in practice. Although there are exceptions (most Somalia has de facto right to bear arms despite it being super illegal).