(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 12 December 2004, Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists) rebels locked up journalist Shankar Thapa’s house, in Deuthala, Laxminagar Village Development Committee (VDC), Doti district. Thapa is a correspondent for the state-owned Radio Nepal station and president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists’ (FNJ) Doti-Accham section. The journalist was reportedly targeted for not […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 12 December 2004, Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists) rebels locked up journalist Shankar Thapa’s house, in Deuthala, Laxminagar Village Development Committee (VDC), Doti district. Thapa is a correspondent for the state-owned Radio Nepal station and president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists’ (FNJ) Doti-Accham section. The journalist was reportedly targeted for not supporting the rebels’ activities.
The armed rebels forced Thapa’s mother to leave the house. CEHURDES has learned, however, that the rebels did not seize Thapa’s property.
CEHURDES condemns the CPN-Maoist rebels’ action and urges rebel leaders to stop all forms of attacks against journalists and free expression activists.
