CEHURDES concerned with interim constitution’s provisions
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – The following is a 17 January 2007 CEHURDES press release: CEHURDES concerned with interim constitution’s provisions Kathmandu, January 17, 2007 – The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES) – a Kathmandu-based freedom of expression monitoring group – expresses its concerns over some provisions in the recently promulgated interim constitution that could […]
Media vehicle attacked by Maoist splinter group
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES, a Kathmandu-based freedom of expression monitoring group, condemns the targeted attack by Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) cadres against a vehicle belonging to a media house. According to a report by the daily “Kantipur”, the vehicle carrying newspapers for distribution was first pelted with stones and subsequently attacked with gunfire by people […]
Youths, allegedly Maoist, attack media vehicle and harass driver, objecting to newspaper’s content
(CEHURDES/IFEX) ? CEHURDES condemns the attack by an unidentified group on a vehicle belonging to the “Kantipur” newspaper, which was carrying press materials. According to “Kantipur”, on 4 December 2006, at 6:00 p.m. (local time), a group of six youths on three motorcycles stopped the vehicle on its way to the newspaper’s printing press and […]
Photojournalist assaulted, injured by student activists in Kathmandu
(FNJ/IFEX) – CEHURDES condemns the rough treatment given a photojournalist by student activists belonging to the All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R), affiliated with the CPN (Maoists). Photojournalist Pradeep Shrestha, who works with the daily “Himalaya Times” newspaper, was roughly treated, even though he had identified himself as a journalist. The incident occurred […]
Political group’s bomb plot against newspaper revealed
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – “Kantipur” daily – the country’s largest circulation Nepali-language newspaper – reported on 26 October 2006 that a member of the political group Jantantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM), a splinter group of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), revealed that his group’s president, Jai Krishna Goit, had planned to detonate a bomb at the […]
Maoists intimidate journalists; businessmen vandalise television station vehicle
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES condemns the recent harassment of media personnel by Maoist leaders, and an attack on media property by a group of businessmen. On 17 October 2006, a group of businessmen vandalized a van belonging to the private-sector station Kantipur Television, and harassed station staff while they were covering a shutdown strike called by […]
Maoist activists prevent journalists from covering peace talks at prime minister’s residence
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES, a Kathmandu-based media rights monitoring agency, condemns the mistreatment by Maoist activists of journalists who had gathered in front of the prime minister’s official residence to cover the news of crucial peace talks. On October 15, 2006, dozens of journalists had gathered at the talks venue where the summit meeting between the […]
CEHURDES condemns death threats against four journalists
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES has condemned the threats made against four journalists in eastern Nepal. According to the state-owned National News Agency (RSS), a group of over one hundred people in Ilam district, led by a former vice chairman of the Shantipur village development committee (VDC), threatened four journalists – Indra Kumar Bhattarai, Keshar Ghimire, Padma […]
Newspaper editor assaulted, his camera destroyed during protest
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES condemns the attack on journalist Amrit Timilsina as he was carrying out his duties in Lalitpur district in the capital on 14 August 2006. According to the information compiled by CEHURDES, a group of people supporting owners of local stone quarries assaulted Amrit Timilsina, editor of the “Lalit Sandesh” fortnightly newspaper, published […]
Journalist injured while reporting on a confrontation, police seize materials from other reporters
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES condemns the attack on journalist Hari Bahadur Rawat and the seizure of materials from other reporters in the remote northern district of Humla. According to the state-run daily “Gorkhapatra”, Rawat, a reporter with the state-owned Rastriya Samachar Samiti (National News Agency, RSS), was injured when he was covering a scuffle between locals […]
Members of student organisation seize and burn copies of newspapers and magazines
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES condemns the burning of newspapers by a student group in the southern town of Janakpur. According to information compiled by CEHURDES, on 21 July 2006 a group of about 15 youths associated with the Nepali Madheshi Students’ Front, affiliated to the Madheshi People’s Rights Forum, burned copies of “The Kathmandu Post”, the […]
Newspaper editor and three journalists threatened by local political leaders
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – The following is a CEHURDES press release: CEHURDES condemns threat against journalists (Kathmandu, July 12 – The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES) – a Kathmandu-based freedom of expression monitoring group – has condemned the threat against four journalists by local political leaders in western Nepal. According to information compiled by […]
Journalist threatened and assaulted by police following article on abduction and torture incident
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES has condemned threats against a journalist in eastern Nepal. According to information compiled by CEHURDES, police inspector Sudip Rajbhandari, stationed at the Area Police Office in the eastern town of Itahari, summoned Suman Puri – a reporter affiliated with “Udghosh” daily newspaper, published in the eastern town of Biratnagar – to the […]
Maoist rebels threaten journalist
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES), a Kathmandu-based freedom of expression monitoring group, condemns the threat against journalist Binod Tripathi by Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) – Maoist rebels. Maoist cadres threatened Tripathi over a news report published in “Kantipur”, a leading private-sector daily, on 11 June 2006, which said […]
CEHURDES welcomes formation of new media commission
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – The following is a 13 June 2006 CEHURDES press release: CEHURDES welcomes the new media commission Kathmandu, June 13 – The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES) – a Kathmandu-based freedom of expression monitoring group – welcomes the high-level Media Commission formed by the new democratic government of Nepal. On Monday, […]
Protesters burn copies of newspaper; photojournalist mistreated by police
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES condemns the act of burning of copies of a leading newspaper by a religious group and the manhandling of a photojournalist by police personnel. On 24 May 2006, a group of protesters stopped a vehicle belonging to Kantipur Publications Ltd. at Parawanipur, some 15 kilometres from the southern town of Birgunj. They […]