(FNJ/IFEX) – Members of the Madheshi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) set ablaze copies of the daily newspaper “Kantipur”, which were being transported in a vehicle of Kantipur publications on 2 April 2007, in Saptari, an eastern district of Nepal. According to “The Kathmandu Post”, the vehicle was on its way from the Biratnagar regional office […]
(FNJ/IFEX) – Members of the Madheshi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) set ablaze copies of the daily newspaper “Kantipur”, which were being transported in a vehicle of Kantipur publications on 2 April 2007, in Saptari, an eastern district of Nepal.
According to “The Kathmandu Post”, the vehicle was on its way from the Biratnagar regional office of the publication to Rupani in Saptari district. The MPRF men unloaded stacks of the newspapers from the vehicle and set them ablaze after dousing them with diesel. They said the newspaper was not publishing their news.
The FNJ condemns the incident and has urged the MPRF to respect press freedom and not to pressure the press in any way.