Nepal: two journalists manhandled by agitated protesters

Event
Country
  • Nepal
Initial Date
Oct 20, 2024
Event Description

Agitated protestors manhandled reporters while reporting in Pokhara on October 20. Pokhara lies in Gandaki Province of Nepal.

Freedom Forum's representative for the province Rajan Upadhyaya shared that reporters Niraj Tamang and Anita Ghimire were manhandled while reporting live of a protest at Shahidchowk, Pokhara.

According to representative Upadhyay, reporter Ghimire said that they were reporting live of the political cadres' protesting against the arrest of Former Home Minister and President of Rastriya Swatantra Party Rabi Lamichhane. Lamichhane was arrested by a team of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) from the party's central office in Kathmandu on October 18. Then, he was presented before the Kaski District Court in Pokhara on October 20. Lamichhane has been accused of embezzlement of funds from a local cooperative office based in Pokhara.

"During live broadcast protestors shouted- this is the television channel which broadcasts news critical to our party and leader. They also tried to damage our camera", she informed.

Impact of Event
2
Gender of HRD
  • Man
  • Woman
Violation
  • Violence (physical)
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of expression
    • Offline
  • Right to healthy and safe environment
HRD
  • Media Worker
  • WHRD
Perpetrator-Non-State
  • Non-state
Source

Freedom Forum

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 28.2096

Longitude: 83.9856

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 20 October 2024, journalists Niraj Tamang and Anita Ghimire were manhandled by agitated protesters while they were covering a protest in Pokhara, Nepal.