References:

BBC - What we know about Nepal anti-corruption protests as PM resigns (Sep. 10, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkj0lzlr3ro
NED - Asia Grant Listing 2024:
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Asia-Grant-Listing-FY24.pdf
NYT - Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room (Sep. 11, 2025):
https://archive.ph/iZPj3#selection-505.0-508.0
New Atlas - A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand (2014):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-tale-of-two-protests-ukraine-and.html
WaPo - Thailand’s anti-democracy protests should provoke a harsh rebuke from the U.S. (2014):
https://archive.ph/DTCrt#selection-3591.0-3604.0
CPJ - Nepal lawmakers should reject social media bill threatening press freedom (Feb. 2025):
https://cpj.org/2025/02/cpj-nepal-lawmakers-should-reject-social-media-bill-threatening-press-freedom/
Committee to Protect Journalists - Annual Report 2023:
https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CPJ_AR_2023_11.pdf
The Kathmandu Post - FNJ, other groups object to government’s decision to ban social media platforms (Sep. 4, 2025):
https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/09/04/fnj-other-groups-object-to-government-s-decision-to-ban-social-media-platforms
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) - About:
https://www.fnjnepal.org/en/page/about-fnj
IFEX -Funding Freedom of Expression – An IFEX Overview (2009):
https://ifex.org/images/international/2009/07/08/ifex_summary_funding.pdf
Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) - Financials:
https://www.fnjnepal.org/uploads/resources/resource_1604827301.pdf (page 5/19)
Freedom Forum Nepal - Network and Partners:
https://freedomforum.org.np/about-us/network-and-partners/
HigherGov - Accountability Lab direct grants:
https://www.highergov.com/awardee/accountability-lab-inc-12419367/
ChildSafeNet - Partners:
https://www.childsafenet.org/partners-1
Hami Nepal - About Us:
https://www.haminepal.org/about
The Gurkha Welfare Trust - Partners and Affiliations:
https://www.gwt.org.uk/about-us/partners-afilliations/
Alliance of Youth Movements (2008):
https://web.archive.org/web/20120311234911/https://allyoumov.3cdn.net/f734ac45131b2bbcdb_w6m6idptn.pdf
NED - China, Tibet (2019):
https://web.archive.org/web/20200420224744/https://www.ned.org/region/asia/tibet-china-2019/
Office of the Historian - Status Report on Tibetan Operations (1968):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v30/d342
NYT - Who Really Brought Down Milosevic? (2000):
https://archive.ph/UubU#selection-169.0-172.0
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://archive.ph/cvBTH#selection-4323.0-4332.0
DOS - DRL Internet Freedom Programs Portfolio Evaluation, Pillar 2: Digital Safety (2022):
https://www.state.gov/drl-internet-freedom-programs-portfolio-evaluation/
NED - NED Partner Connects Activists with Critical Digital Tools in Local Languages (Jul. 2022):
https://www.ned.org/ned-partner-connects-activists-with-critical-digital-tools-in-local-languages/
Localization Lab (NED-partner) - Rapid Response:
https://www.localizationlab.org/rapid-response
Localization Lab - Who We Are:
https://www.localizationlab.org/about-us
DRAPAC VPN Project:
https://explore.transifex.com/otf/drapacvpn/
OTF - About Our Funding:
https://www.opentech.fund/about/about-our-funding/
White House (Biden) - Initiative for Democratic Renewal (Dec. 2021):
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/09/fact-sheet-announcing-the-presidential-initiative-for-democratic-renewal/
AFP - From Discord to Bitchat: How online outrage shook Nepal’s government (Sep. 12, 2025):
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/from-discord-to-bitchat-how-online-outrage-shook-nepals-government-1.500266741
Global Times - China-Nepal railway to be a game changer, transform Nepal from landlocked to landlinked: former envoy (Dec. 2024):
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202412/1325557.shtml
Legal Aid & Consultancy Center - Supporters:
https://laccnepal.org/supporters/
New Atlas - The Complete Guide: US Government Role in Thailand's "Student Protests" (2020):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-complete-guide-us-government-role.html
Fridayeveryday - How the US achieved 'regime change' in China-friendly Nepal (Sep. 12, 2025):
https://youtu.be/WAEqTgXUdeA?si=I6oNGFoy9e0WfGqA


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