(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 6 June 2003, Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists) rebels abducted journalist Padam Raj Poudel in Pokhara, Kaski district. Poudel is a reporter with the state-owned daily “Gorkhapatra” and a member of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists’ (FNJ) Kaski section. CEHURDES has condemned Poudel’s abduction and urged Maoist rebels to disclose his whereabouts […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 6 June 2003, Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists) rebels abducted journalist Padam Raj Poudel in Pokhara, Kaski district. Poudel is a reporter with the state-owned daily “Gorkhapatra” and a member of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists’ (FNJ) Kaski section.
CEHURDES has condemned Poudel’s abduction and urged Maoist rebels to disclose his whereabouts immediately. CEHURDES has also asked top Maoist leaders to cease all attacks against journalists and free expression activists.