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Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission has recommended sweeping legal action and a five-year political ban against former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, two of his ministers, and top security officials.

On March 28, dozens of police officers moved in the predawn darkness through the streets of Gundu, a village east of Nepal’s capital, to raid the home of the country’s former prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli.

Nepal’s Supreme Court on Monday declined to release former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak following two separate petitions alleging their detention was illegal.

Hours after being sworn in as Nepal’s new prime minister on Friday, Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper and structural engineer, announced that his government would pursue criminal charges against the country’s former leadership for their role in a deadly crackdown on youth-led anti-corruption protests last year.