(CEHURDES/IFEX) – At approximately 11:00 a.m. (local time) on 31 August 2004, a group of unidentified individuals vandalised the Kantipur Publications offices in Teenkune, Kathmandu. About half a dozen staff, including managing director Kailash Sirohiya, were injured as a result of the attack. According to Sirohiya, the group entered the premises and destroyed about two […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – At approximately 11:00 a.m. (local time) on 31 August 2004, a group of unidentified individuals vandalised the Kantipur Publications offices in Teenkune, Kathmandu. About half a dozen staff, including managing director Kailash Sirohiya, were injured as a result of the attack.
According to Sirohiya, the group entered the premises and destroyed about two dozen vehicles parked inside the office’s compound as well as some equipment, including computers. The motive for the attack remains unknown.
Kantipur Publications publishes the Nepali-language “Kantipur Daily”, the English-language daily “The Kathmandu Post”, the bi-weekly “Nepal Magazine” and the weekly “Saptahik”.
A riot broke out in Kathmandu after the 30 August killing of 12 Nepalese hostages by a radical Muslim group in Iraq. The Nepalese nationals were taken hostage on 20 August. The government declared a curfew in Kathmandu, starting on the afternoon of 31 August and in effect for an indefinite period.
CEHURDES condemns the attack on the Kantipur Publications premises and calls for media freedom to be respected.
