KATHMANDU: The United States has said violence in the name of protest is not acceptable at all.
Following violent protests against the US grant Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in the country of late, US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry said that any activity that incites violence was not acceptable to the US.
“We are a strong supporter of free speech & public discourse based on facts, including on MCC. The right to express one’s views is intrinsic to democracy, and people must be allowed to peacefully share their views. Violence and incitement to violence are never acceptable,” the US Embassy said in a Facebook post on Friday.
The US statement comes amid differing views over MCC ratification among the political parties and demonstrations being held every day leading to a bomb blast in one of the anti-MCC protests.
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