Bomb explodes in printing press’s offices; journalist assaulted
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 20 November 2004, a socket bomb exploded in the offices of the Triyuga Offset Printing Press in Anamnagar, Kathmandu. Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels are suspected of being behind the explosion, which caused damage to the toilet in the building and the windows of six neighbouring houses. Triyuga Offset Printing Press […]
CEHURDES files compensation claim on behalf of “illegally detained” journalist
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 9 November 2004, CEHURDES, in collaboration with the Press Freedom Grand Jury (PFGJ), filed a compensation claim with the Appellate Court on behalf of journalist Shyam Shrestha. The two organisations are demanding compensation from the government for “illegally detaining” the journalist during a state of emergency more than two years ago. Shrestha […]
Photojournalist assaulted by soldiers; CPN-Maoists threaten radio stations
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 9 November 2004, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers physically assaulted photojournalist Prakash Mathema in Naya Tole, Kapilwastu municipality, Kapilwastu district, western Nepal. The attack took place at around 5:00 p.m. (local time), as Mathema was leaving his friend’s residence. The photojournalist works for Kantipur Publication Pvt. Ltd, which publishes the “Kantipur” and […]
Journalists assaulted
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 4 November 2004, a group of Nepal Police officers, led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Jaya Ram Nepal, assaulted journalist Surya Bahadur Chanda. The incident occurred in front of the offices of the Nepal Electricity Authority, in Kanchanpur district, western Nepal, while the journalist was gathering information in the area. Chanda, a district correspondent […]
Rebels impose reporting ban in western district; weekly’s offices vandalised
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists) rebels have recently imposed a reporting ban on five village development committees in Rukum district, western Nepal. CPN-Maoist District Secretary Bishal told “The Kathmandu Post” on 4 November 2004 that the ban would be lifted after “some time”. The paper further reported that CPN-Maoists had put into effect […]
Journalists’ equipment and land confiscated, another barred entry to conference
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 31 October 2004, security forces confiscated the communications equipment of journalists Hari Har Singh Rathor and Amar Sunar, in Dailekh district, western Nepal. The confiscated equipment included a cellphone and fax machine. The seizure was reportedly aimed at controlling the circulation of information about security issues in the district. Rathor and Sunar […]
Journalists detained and threatened
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 23 October 2004, Deputy Senior Police Officer Madan Bista and Police Inspector Arjun Dharel held journalist Poshan K.C. for three hours in Kusum, Banke district, western Nepal. At the time, Poshan K.C., deputy editor of the state-owned Radio Nepal, was returning from celebrating the Nepalese festival of Vijayadashami. He was verbally abused […]
Detained journalist released, another journalist attacked
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 18 October 2004, journalist and lawyer Jit Man Basnet was released by security forces after being detained for 251 days in the Royal Nepal Army’s Bhairavnath barrack, in Kathmandu. Basnet was arrested by security forces in Tinkune, Kathmandu in February for his alleged connections to the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels. […]
Journalist arrested
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 9 October 2004, plainclothes security forces arrested journalist Yagya Dhakal from Shantinagar, Kathmandu. Dhakal is the publisher and chief editor of “Aawaj Weekly”, published in Kathmandu. The reason for the arrest and Dhakal’s whereabouts remain unknown. CEHURDES condemns the arrest and urges the authorities to disclose the whereabouts of journalists who have […]
CEHURDES condemns death threats against journalists
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 6 October 2004, Kshetra Bahadur Regmi, alias “Kisaan”, a Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) local leader, issued death threats against four journalists for publishing news reports on the abduction of students from a number of schools. Regmi is a member of the CPN-Maoist “peoples’ government” in Parbat district, western Nepal. The four […]
Security forces raid journalist’s home; another journalist assaulted
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 21 September 2004, security forces raided the home of journalist Lila Raj Khanal in Gauradaha-8, Jhapa district, eastern Nepal. According to family sources, members of the Unified Command Forces – comprised of Royal Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Forces officers – entered the journalist’s home at about 4:30 a.m. (local […]
Journalist receives death threat; photojournalist assaulted by police officer
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 2 September 2004, Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels issued death threats against journalist Bijaya Mishra in Siraha, eastern Nepal, for failing to report on the arrest of a local CPN-Maoist leader. Mishra, a local correspondent for the daily “Kantipur”, was told that he would “suffer the same fate as journalist Dekendra […]
Journalist killed
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 29 August 2004, security forces reportedly killed journalist Badri Khadka in Morang district, eastern Nepal. He was arrested in the Kalyanpur area and killed in Govindapur-7, in the Larikata area. Eyewitnesses told the media that Khadka was brutally tortured after his arrest. The security forces earlier denied having arrested Khadka, saying he […]
Kantipur Publications premises vandalised, staff members injured
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – At approximately 11:00 a.m. (local time) on 31 August 2004, a group of unidentified individuals vandalised the Kantipur Publications offices in Teenkune, Kathmandu. About half a dozen staff, including managing director Kailash Sirohiya, were injured as a result of the attack. According to Sirohiya, the group entered the premises and destroyed about two […]
Journalist arrested by security forces and tortured, another journalist harassed by rebels
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 29 August 2004, the security forces arrested journalist Badri Khadka in Biratnagar, Morang district, eastern Nepal. After the arrest, Khadka, a reporter for “Janadesh Weekly”, was tortured and transferred to the Rangeli area. The security forces denied having arrested Khadka. His whereabouts remain unknown. The weekly is believed to be the Communist […]
Journalists threatened, camera operator assaulted
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 29 August 2004, a group of four persons assaulted camera operator Raju Timilsina of the private television station Kantipur in Nayabaneswor, Kathmandu. The assailants also reportedly damaged Timilsina’s camera in the incident. The motive for the attack remains unknown. On 22 August, Mahendra Bahadur Karki, outgoing vice president of the district development […]