(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 2 April 2004, Police Inspector Birendra Basyal verbally abused and harassed journalist Shiva Lamsal in Naya Baneswar, Kathmandu. Lamsal, who is president of the Nepal Press Union’s Kathmandu section, was reporting on the ongoing protest launched by five major political parties against King Gyanendra’s policies. Lamsal is a special correspondent for the […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 2 April 2004, Police Inspector Birendra Basyal verbally abused and harassed journalist Shiva Lamsal in Naya Baneswar, Kathmandu. Lamsal, who is president of the Nepal Press Union’s Kathmandu section, was reporting on the ongoing protest launched by five major political parties against King Gyanendra’s policies. Lamsal is a special correspondent for the Nepal One television network, which broadcasts from New Delhi, India.
In an unrelated case, on 3 April, a group of students seized and damaged journalist Dipendra Baduwal’s camera in Butwal, western Nepal. Baduwal, who works for Kantipur Publications, was taking pictures of a public bus whose tires had been set on fire when the scuffle took place. His camera was returned following a meeting between the students and journalists.
CEHURDES condemns the harassment of journalists and urges all parties concerned to guarantee a favourable environment in which journalists and free expression activists can carry out their work.
