(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 21 February 2004, the security forces brought journalist Laxmi Pandey in for questioning in Nawaparasi district. Pandey is a working journalist who is associated with the Nepal Press Union (NPU). NPU is a member of the International Federation of Journalists. Pandey’s whereabouts remain unknown. In a separate incident, on 21 February plainclothes […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 21 February 2004, the security forces brought journalist Laxmi Pandey in for questioning in Nawaparasi district. Pandey is a working journalist who is associated with the Nepal Press Union (NPU). NPU is a member of the International Federation of Journalists. Pandey’s whereabouts remain unknown.
In a separate incident, on 21 February plainclothes security personnel arrested Dhananjaya Khanal, the legal advisor of “Gorkhaland” monthly magazine, in Sanepa, Kathmandu. Khanal is a member of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ). His whereabouts remain unknown.
CEHURDES condemns these arrests. The organisation urges the security forces to disclose the whereabouts of the media workers and respect press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights.
