Articles by Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)
Media workers prevented from distributing newspapers, camera seized; television journalist brutally attacked, camera damaged
(FNJ/IFEX) – On 24 February 2007, cadres of Tharu Kalyankari Sabha (TKS), a political group demanding a separate Tharu state, physically prevented Dharma Pal Raut, marketing manager of the newspaper “Rajbiraj Today”, and Shiva Narayan Shah, its publisher and one of its reporters, from distributing newspapers in Kalyanpur, Saptari, an eastern district in Nepal. Raut […]
Two journalists in Nawalparasi threatened with bodily harm; another in Birgunj set upon by police while covering protest
(FNJ/IFEX) – Journalists Hari Sharma and Tika Ram Gaire, secretary and past president of FNJ-Nawalparasi chapter, respectively, were threatened by cadres of the Madhesi Janatantrik Forum (MJF) on 4 February 2007 in Nawalparasi, a western district of Nepal. MJF cadres telephoned the journalists and threatened to break their legs for not reporting about the group. […]
Newsprint shortage forces newspapers in Jhapa to suspend publication; newspapers seized and threatened by political groups
(FNJ/IFEX) – Five daily newspapers and seven weeklies being published from Jhapa, an eastern district of Nepal, decided to suspend their publication from 5 February 2007. According to Krishna Humagain, president of FNJ-Jhapa chapter, they have decided to suspend publication due to the shortage of printing paper in the district and to demand guarantees for […]
Five journalists covering peace rally badly beaten by political militants; FNJ protests recent violence
(FNJ/IFEX) – Cadres of the Madhesi Janatantrik Forum (MJF) attacked five journalists on 4 February 2007, at 10:00 a.m (local time) in the Tanki Sinwary area of Biratnagar, an eastern town in Nepal. Journalists Shambhu Bhandari of Nepal One television station; Bijaya Pathak, publisher and editor of “Birat Darpan” and central committee member of FNJ-Biratnagar […]
Two journalists beaten by police; several newspapers suspend publication over security concerns
(FNJ/IFEX) – Photojournalists Nitesh Mathema, with the daily “Bypass”, and Ram Saraf, with the “Annapurna Post”, were beaten by officers of the Armed Police Force on 2 February 2007. The two journalists had reached a bus parking lot in Birgunj, Parsa (a district in central Nepal), to cover a demonstration. According to Saraf, in the […]
Journalists flee workplaces following threats, various journalists attacked, two issued death threats as social agitation continues; FNJ denounces indifference of authorities
(FNJ/IFEX) – Following the threats made by supporters of the Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) on 28 January 2007 in Birgunj, a mid-western city of Nepal, over a dozen local journalists left their workplaces, fearing for their safety. According to the daily “Kantipur”, during the night of 28 January, over a dozen journalists arrived in […]
Demonstrators assault journalists and newspaper vendor, vandalise media vehicles and newspaper store
(FNJ/IFEX) – Two journalists were assaulted by demonstrators during a bandh (strike) called by the Madheshi Jaanidhikaar Forum (MJF) on 25 January 2007 in the eastern district of Janakpur in Nepal. The demonstrators roughed-up journalists Tanka Dhakal, BBC correspondent, and Bhim Ghimire, a photojournalist with “Kantipur” daily, and vandalised their motorcycles, when they arrived at […]
In three separate incidents, journalists assaulted, threatened while covering strike, demonstrations
(FNJ/IFEX) – Sharad Chandra Bhandari, a reporter with the news agency Rastray Samachar Samitte (RSS), was manhandled on 21 January 2007 while covering the indefinite nation-wide traffic strike in Gaushala, called by the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs (FNNTE). The transport entrepreneurs roughed up Bhandari even though he had shown them his press card. […]