(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Ram Krishna Adhikari, a reporter for the weekly “Saghu”, has been missing since 10 December 2003. He was last seen attending a human rights event organised by the Human Rights Organization of Nepal (HURON), at the Hotel Orchid in Kathmandu. According to the weekly’s editor, Gopal Budhathoki, the journalist may have been detained […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – Ram Krishna Adhikari, a reporter for the weekly “Saghu”, has been missing since 10 December 2003. He was last seen attending a human rights event organised by the Human Rights Organization of Nepal (HURON), at the Hotel Orchid in Kathmandu. According to the weekly’s editor, Gopal Budhathoki, the journalist may have been detained by security forces and held at a secret location.
CEHURDES condemns the arrests of journalists and urges the security forces to immediately disclose the whereabouts of Adhikari and other journalists who have been detained.