Articles by Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)
Journalist injured by police in Shantinagar; blocking of mobile phones in capital impeding coverage of protests
(FNJ/IFEX) – Journalist Kedar Koirala was injured when security personnel indiscriminately charged at and clubbed him with batons while he was covering the pro-democracy protests organised by the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) defying government shoot-to-kill curfew orders at Shantinagar, Kathmandu on 23 April 2006 at around 11 a.m. (local time). Koirala’s leg was injured and […]
Seven journalists injured when shot, beaten in Jhapa; 13 others injured in Fidim; newspaper distribution halted by curfew
(FNJ/IFEX) – At least five journalists were severely injured when security personnel opened fire on a demonstration organized by the seven opposition parties in Chandragadhi, in the eastern district of Jhapa, on the afternoon of 19 April 2006. The injured journalists were there to report on a demonstration. The injured journalists are Umakant Khanal of […]
BBC correspondent, Nepal TV reporter beaten; FNJ chapter president arrested; journalist’s detention extended; police allegedly involved in journalist’s abduction
(FNJ/IFEX) – The authorities have extended the detention of Shyam Shrestha, editor of “Mulyankan Weekly”, by another three months under the Public Security Act. Shrestha was arrested on 19 January 2006 by security forces at his residence, along with human rights activists and senior leaders of the Seven Party Alliance (SPA), in an attempt to […]
Ten more journalists beaten, injured; whereabouts of journalist arrested in Lalitpur unknown; three journalists, driver arrested in Singhadurbar
(FNJ/IFEX) – On 17 April 2006, at least eight journalists were injured when security personnel attacked them while they were covering a peaceful protest organized by the Seven Party Alliance in Sunsari, an eastern district. The security personal deliberately attacked them despite knowing that they were journalists. The injured journalists are Amar Khadka, Santosh Yadav, […]
Journalists suffer severe beatings and injuries as dozens arrested in Hetauda, Baglung, Gausala, Putalisadak and Dailekh; authorities try to block TV broadcasts; Maoist rebels prevent distribution of newspaper
(FNJ/IFEX) – Deepak Adhikary, executive member of Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), Makwanpur branch was arrested at his residence at Hetauda, district headquarters of Makwanpur on 13 April 2006 at 6:00 p.m. (local time). According to Girija Adhikary, Birgunj correspondent of “Prateek Daily”, he was brutally beaten during the arrest and is now severely injured. […]
Four journalists arrested in Myanglung, another beaten and injured by police; other journalists released after detentions in Kathmandu and Pokhara
(FNJ/IFEX) – Four journalists, including FNJ’s Terhathum chapter treasurer Chatra Rimal and central FNJ representative Uddhav Timilsina, were arrested on 12 April 2006 in Myanglung, district headquarters of the eastern district Terhathum. They were arrested while reporting news on a peaceful demonstration organized by the Seven Party Alliance (SPA). Saptakoshi FM radio station correspondent Bharat […]
Detained journalists in Chitwan released; others forcefully arrested, beaten in Kathmandu, Udayapur, and Dailekh
(FNJ/IFEX) – On 12 April 2006 at 10:45 a.m. (local time), more then two dozen journalists were arrested, with undue force, from Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, while participating in a peaceful rally organized by the FNJ’s Kathmandu Chapter to protest recent government attacks on media and freedom of expression. Those arrested included: FNJ Secretary General Mahendra Bista, […]
Plainclothes police, soldiers infiltrate journalists’ peaceful protest gatherings
(FNJ/IFEX) – On the morning of 12 April 2006, Assistant Sub-Inspector Sailesh Giri and policeman Ram Hari Karki, both in plainclothes, infiltrated a protest gathering of journalists at Bhrikutimandap. The FNJ had organized the peaceful demonstration to protest recent attacks on media persons. Media persons from a large area around the protest venue gathered to […]