Nepal: media worker harassed, prevented from covering ruling party assembly
Event- Country
- Nepal
- Initial Date
- Feb 8, 2021
- Event Description
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has objected to the misconduct of CPN-Oli cadres on the journalists gone to cover the assembly held in front of Narayanhiti on February 6, 2021.
In a press statement signed by General Secretary of FNJ Ramesh Bista on February 6, the federation said that Binu Subedi, a journalist of Kantipur Daily, and Dipesh Shahi, a journalist of Naya Patrika Daily were not allowed to cover the news by the cadres even when they had shown the press pass.
According to the victim journalists, the cadres stopped them and blamed them of sending negative information regarding their assembly. They were blamed of having negative intention and were not allowed to cover the incident. The leaders of the party said they were unaware of the incident and they got to know about it through the news. They also apologized for the behaviour of the student cadres.
“This incident of harassment of journalists carrying independent professional responsibilities and obstruction during news gathering is an interference in the freedom of the press. The federation strongly condemns this anti-press freedom move,”- mentioned in the statement.
According to the victim journalist Binu Subedi, the cadres of the party had obstructed the news gathering and prevented him from moving forward. They had misbehaved with her and did not allow her to cover the event.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Woman
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Restrictions on Movement
- Rights Concerned
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Media Worker
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 27.7080154217834
Longitude: 85.31813696891186
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 6 February 2021, Binu Subedi and Dipesh Shahi, media workers, were harassed and prevented from covering a mass assembly of the ruling party in Kathmandu, Nepal.