Articles by Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)
Two journalists assaulted by armed group
(FNJ/IFEX) – Om Prakash Shah, Rajbiraj correspondent of “Gorkhapatra Daily” newspaper, and Dev Narayan Shah, editor of “Aaja ko Janakpur Daily” newspaper, were assaulted on 15 May 2007 in Banauli Chowk in Saptari, an eastern district of Nepal. An unidentified armed group attacked the journalists at around 3:30 p.m. (local time) while they were on […]
Following death threats, radio journalist attacked, beaten by political militants for covering altercation with police
(FNJ/IFEX) – Yuvraj Adhikary, a local correspondent of Radio Nepal, was attacked by cadres of the Maoist-aligned Young Communist League (YCL) on 2 May 2007 in the Kusumba market of Bardiya, a mid-western district of Nepal. Adhikary had gone to the Kusumba market to collect news about a clash between armed police forces, deployed at […]
Publisher badly beaten; one assailant arrested
(FNJ/IFEX) – Lokshari Kuwar, editor and publisher of “Morning Bell” daily, was captured and attacked by a group of people on 2 May 2007 in Dhangadi, Kailali, a western district of Nepal. According to Birendra Rawal, president of Press Chautrai Nepal, three “hooligans” – Ganesh Chand, Lalit Kuwar and Prem Kalel – brutally beat Kuwar. […]
Journalist attacked by police in Bara district while covering arrest of separatist group leader
(FNJ/IFEX) – Rabindra Singh, a correspondent of Channel Nepal Television, was attacked on 27 April 2007 by security personnel at Manarharwa, a village in Bara, a district in central Nepal. According to “Kantipur” daily newspaper, Singh was attacked by members of the local police while he was collecting news about the arrest of Babu Thapa, […]
Journalist receives death threat over critical coverage of Maoists; another threatened by hospital committee chairman for not reporting on health camp
(FNJ/IFEX) – On 22 April 2007, Santosh Neupane, the editor and publisher of “Narayani Express National Daily”, was threatened by Maoists at Mahari Bazaar in Hetauda, where his publication is based. Neupane was threatened for publishing news on the Maoists, including an article about the conflict between Maoists and locals on 16 April at Bashmadi, […]
Maoists detain two journalists, seize their camera in Rolpa
(FNJ/IFEX) – Rameshwor Bohara, a correspondent with “Himal”, and Damodar Bhandari, with the daily “Annapurna”, were detained by Maoists in Rolpa, a mid-western district of Nepal, on 19 April 2007. A group of Maoists, including the commander of the fifth division, Sarad, took the two journalists under their control and seized their camera. Bohara and […]
Political group intercepts newspaper delivery, burns copies in protest over content
(FNJ/IFEX) – Members of the Madheshi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) set ablaze copies of the daily newspaper “Kantipur”, which were being transported in a vehicle of Kantipur publications on 2 April 2007, in Saptari, an eastern district of Nepal. According to “The Kathmandu Post”, the vehicle was on its way from the Biratnagar regional office […]
Twelve journalists receive death threats from member of Maoist Young Communist League
(FNJ/IFEX) – A dozen local journalists from Itahari, an eastern city of Nepal, received death threats from Ritesh Shrestha of the Maoist’s Young Communist League (YCL) on 26 March 2007. According to Gobinda Ghimre, president of FNJ Sunsari chapter, the journalists were threatened during an interactive program organised by the Itahari Area Police Office. The […]