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Link to: Attacks on journalists continue

Attacks on journalists continue

Reporter Partha Mandal and his family were assaulted after he covered a story about illegal trade in Bhadrapur, in the district of Jhapa.

Link to: Journalists attacked and threatened

Journalists attacked and threatened

“Kantipur” and “The Kathmandu Post” correspondent Devnarayan Saha was attacked and received a death threat after reporting on a student protest.

Link to: Journalist gets death threat from civil servant

Journalist gets death threat from civil servant

Journalist Naxal Kishor Yadav said he was threatened while covering a story about “massive corruption” at the District Education Office in Dhanusha.

Link to: Maoist supporter issues death threat against journalist

Maoist supporter issues death threat against journalist

A UCPN-Maoist supporter threatened to kill Rana Bahadur after he published a story alleging the involvement of Maoist cadres in illegal activities.

Link to: Forty-four IFEX members call for concrete measures to end violence against outspoken women journalists and activists

Forty-four IFEX members call for concrete measures to end violence against outspoken women journalists and activists

On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on 25 November 2010, 44 IFEX members, including members of the IFEX Gender Working Group, call attention to the situation of women in the free expression community who are subject to targeted attacks because of their gender.

Link to: Journalist abducted, brutally assaulted and threatened

Journalist abducted, brutally assaulted and threatened

Journalist Sushil Dhungana was abducted by five persons on motorcycles who cut his fingers with a blade.

Link to: Radio journalist receives death threat

Radio journalist receives death threat

Unidentified callers threatened to kill “Ujjyalo FM” journalist Madan Thakur and his family.

Link to: Government fails to prosecute journalists’ murderers

Government fails to prosecute journalists’ murderers

Even though family members of slain journalists Dekendra Thapa and Birendra Shah have identified the perpetrators, the government has not brought the guilty to justice.