(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Dhana Bahadur Magar, a Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) Central Council member and secretary of the FNJ’s Kathmandu section, has been missing since 18 November 2003. According to FNJ Kathmandu Section President Hari Lamsal, Magar was last seen going shopping for stationery at about 3:15 p.m. (local time) that day. His whereabouts remain […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Dhana Bahadur Magar, a Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) Central Council member and secretary of the FNJ’s Kathmandu section, has been missing since 18 November 2003. According to FNJ Kathmandu Section President Hari Lamsal, Magar was last seen going shopping for stationery at about 3:15 p.m. (local time) that day. His whereabouts remain unknown.
CEHURDES’s sources suspect that Magar may have been taken into custody by security force personnel. He was detained for about four months in 2002 on allegations of having close ties with Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels.
CEHURDES condemns the arrests of journalists and urges the security forces to disclose the whereabouts of all journalists who remain in detention. The organisation also calls on the security forces’ chief to respect basic standards of press freedom, freedom of expression and the fundamental rights of citizens.
