Nepal cracks down on online abuse against flood survivors
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Nepal cracks down on online abuse against flood survivors

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The BbcSeptember 8, 2026View Source

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Le Népal prend des mesures contre les personnes qui insultent les survivants des inondations sur Internet.

Nepal is taking action against people who insult flood survivors on the internet.

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Récemment, de fortes pluies ont causé des inondations et des glissements de terrain dans le pays.

Recently, heavy rains caused floods and landslides in the country.

Récemmentrecentlyfortesheavy/strongpluiesrainsont causécausedinondationsfloodsetandglissementsslidesterrainland/groundglissements de terrainlandslidesdansinpayscountry
Beaucoup de gens ont perdu leurs maisons et leurs familles pendant cette catastrophe.

Many people lost their homes and their families during this disaster.

Beaucoupmanydeofgenspeopleont perdulostleurstheirmaisonshousesetandfamillesfamiliespendantduringcettethiscatastrophedisaster
Sur les réseaux sociaux, certains utilisateurs se moquent de la souffrance de ces victimes.

On social media, some users are mocking the suffering of these victims.

Suronréseauxnetworkssociauxsocialréseaux sociauxsocial mediacertainssomeutilisateursusersse moquentmock/make fun ofdeofsouffrancesufferingcesthesevictimesvictims
Le Premier ministre du Népal dit que ce comportement n'est pas acceptable.

The Prime Minister of Nepal says that this behavior is not acceptable.

Premier ministrePrime Ministerduof theNépalNepalditsaysquethatcethiscomportementbehaviornnotestispasnot
Il a promis que le gouvernement ne montrera aucune indulgence envers ces personnes.

He promised that the government will show no leniency towards these people.

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La police recherchera ceux qui partagent de la haine ou rabaissent les autres.

The police will track down those who share hate or belittle others.

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Il est important d'aider et de respecter les gens dans les moments difficiles.

It is important to help and to respect people in difficult moments.

estisd'aiderto helpetandde respecterto respectgenspeopledansinmomentsmoments/timesdifficilesdifficult
Les autorités veulent protéger la dignité des survivants de la catastrophe.

The authorities want to protect the dignity of the survivors of the disaster.

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glissement de terrain
landslide
"Un glissement de terrain a bloqué la route après la pluie."
se moquer
to mock / to make fun of
"Il ne faut pas se moquer des personnes qui souffrent."
rabaisser
to belittle / to put down
"Il est cruel de rabaisser les victimes d'une catastrophe."
indulgence
leniency / mercy
"Le juge ne montre aucune indulgence envers les criminels."
souffrance
suffering
"Nous devons aider à réduire la souffrance des victimes."
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