Nepal: media workers beaten for reporting water quality
Event- Country
- Nepal
- Initial Date
- Aug 10, 2022
- Event Description
Reporters at Space 4K Televisions Narendra Mahatara and Surendra Raut were manhandled while reporting in Kathmandu on August 10.
Reporters duo reached at Ocean drinking water industries to report on the poor quality of water. Meanwhile, industries authority not only obstructed the reporters from reporting but also mahandled them. The also forced the reporters to leave the place with incomplete reporting.
However, the reporters broadcasted incomplete recording in the television channel.
Freedom Forum condemns the incident. The video clip clearly shows the industry owners intimidation against journalists.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Corporation
- Agricultural business
- Corporation
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 27.710129253000233
Longitude: 85.3218499518076
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 10 August 2022, Narendra Mahatara and Surendra Raut, media workers, were beaten by the personnel of a drinking water company while on-site reporting the poor quality of the water in Kathmandu, Nepal.