(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels have threatened to chop off the hands of journalists Bhupendra Shahi and Kamal Neupane. According to a “Kantipur” daily news report, in July 2004 the two journalists, who are based in Dailekh district, western Nepal, were told by the CPN-Maoists to stop reporting on their activities. Shahi […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels have threatened to chop off the hands of journalists Bhupendra Shahi and Kamal Neupane. According to a “Kantipur” daily news report, in July 2004 the two journalists, who are based in Dailekh district, western Nepal, were told by the CPN-Maoists to stop reporting on their activities. Shahi is a district correspondent for the state-controlled daily “Gorakhapatra” and Nepane works for the local daily “Susheli”.
CEHURDES condemns the threat against the journalists and urges the CPN-Maoist leaders to respect press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ freedom of movement and citizens’ civil liberties.
