(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 13 September 2003, security forces arrested journalist Prem Nath Joshi while he was sleeping at his home in Lazimpat, Kathmandu, and took him in for questioning. Joshi has been a freelance journalist for many years. He has also been publishing and editing “Shangrila Voice”, an English-language monthly magazine. His whereabouts remain unknown. […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 13 September 2003, security forces arrested journalist Prem Nath Joshi while he was sleeping at his home in Lazimpat, Kathmandu, and took him in for questioning. Joshi has been a freelance journalist for many years. He has also been publishing and editing “Shangrila Voice”, an English-language monthly magazine. His whereabouts remain unknown.
CEHURDES condemns Joshi’s arrest and asks the security forces to disclose his whereabouts. The organisation also urges the chief of the security forces and the authorities to stop harassing journalists and free expression activists and hindering their work and movement.
