(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES is concerned about the safety of journalists Krishna Hari Ghimire and Dwarika Kafle. According to information compiled by CEHURDES, Kafle and Ghimire, editor and associate editor respectively of the weekly “Jana Prabhat”, published in Sindhuli district, have been displaced from their offices and have been staying in Kathmandu in recent days. Ghimire […]
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES is concerned about the safety of journalists Krishna Hari Ghimire and Dwarika Kafle.
According to information compiled by CEHURDES, Kafle and Ghimire, editor and associate editor respectively of the weekly “Jana Prabhat”, published in Sindhuli district, have been displaced from their offices and have been staying in Kathmandu in recent days.
Ghimire told CEHURDES that they had no option but to flee the district upon receiving credible threats to their lives in connection with their professional work. The associate editor said a senior army officer threatened them in connection with their participation at a mass meeting in December 2005 organised by the “Citizens’ Movement for Peace and Democracy” – a civil society initiative that is campaigning against the February 2005 royal takeover. The mass meeting was covered prominently in “Jana Prabhat”.
Ghimire said he was still traumatised and that he and his colleague, Kafle, could not return to their offices unless there was a full guarantee of their safety and security.
CEHURDES is concerned about the safety of the journalists and demands that the government conduct an investigation into the incident, asking local officials not to intimidate Ghimire and Kafle. CEHURDES demands that the journalists be allowed to continue their work in a free and secure manner in their home district.
