Freedom Forum

The editor of the “People’s Times” in Jhapa, Nepal believes the weekly was targeted over its reports on drug abuse and peddling in the district.

Suman Malla, a reporter based in Mugu, Nepal, was grilled by political district leaders over a story and threatened with physical violence.

Journalists from two Nepalese online news portals were arrested following a complaint by the college management about a story on a women’s college.

A Nepal Television reporter, a camera operator and their driver were assaulted while reporting on a raid by government officials at a dairy in Bhaktapur.

On 4 June, news presenter, editor and reporter Pradeep Kaphle who works at the Damauli FM was sacked without prior notice and his program banned.

A local district leader of the Nepali Congress party threatened to kill a journalist over a news report on the alleged criminal activities of another member of the party.

Individuals affiliated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) seized all copies of “Rajdhani” daily from its printing press in Kathmandu, thereby preventing its distribution.

One journalist’s leg was fractured and others sustained minor injuries when security personnel barred reporters from staging a peaceful sit-in in Kathmandu, Nepal; the journalists were demanding the reinstatement of their colleague who had been dismissed from a radio station.