(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 3 May 2004, police officers assaulted journalists Dipak Rijal, Lila Raj Khanal, Mukunda Subedi and Damodar Dawadi in the Putali Sadak and Bhrikuti Mandap districts of Kathmandu. The journalists were severely beaten by officers who hit them with batons and ignored their press identification. The journalists were covering a street demonstration organised […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 3 May 2004, police officers assaulted journalists Dipak Rijal, Lila Raj Khanal, Mukunda Subedi and Damodar Dawadi in the Putali Sadak and Bhrikuti Mandap districts of Kathmandu. The journalists were severely beaten by officers who hit them with batons and ignored their press identification. The journalists were covering a street demonstration organised by Nepal’s five leading political parties. They were treated for their injuries at Miteri hospital, in Bagh Bazar, Kathmandu.
CEHURDES condemns the police brutality and urges the security forces to stop all attacks on journalists and free expression activists. CEHURDES further calls on all concerned agencies to respect press freedom, freedom of expression and civil liberties.
