Numerous Nepali journalists flee after receiving threats
January 28, 2013 4:45 PM ET
New York, January 28, 2013--Authorities in Nepal should ensure the safety of more than 20 journalists who fled the western district of Dailekh on Thursday after receiving death threats from individuals they said were supporters of the ruling Maoist party,...
Nepalese journalists threatened during Bhattarai visit
January 24, 2013 3:57 PM ET
New York, January 24, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the threats and acts of intimidation against journalists in Nepal during Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's visit on Wednesday to the western district of Dailekh....
Nepal PM criticizes arrests in Thapa murder
January 8, 2013 4:52 PM ET
New York, January 8, 2013--Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai today publicly criticized the arrest of five of his party members who stand accused of the 2004 murder of radio journalist Dekendra Raj Thapa, according to news reports. The Committee to...
Mission tells Nepal: No excuse for deferring press freedom
May 31, 2012 10:34 AM ET
As Nepal's constituent assembly failed to meet Sunday's deadline for the passage of a new constitution, a new report released this week on the risks to Nepal's media should remind political parties that peace and stability are not prerequisites to...
Two years after Nepal murder, no progress, mission finds
March 1, 2012 2:31 PM ET
On the evening of March 1, 2010, Arun Singhaniya, owner of Janakpur Today newspaper and Janakpur Today Radio, stepped out of a prayer service during a holy celebration in Janakpur, Nepal's second largest city. A gunman on a motorcycle...
In Nepal, killers of journalists could go free
September 15, 2011 3:27 PM ET
Dear Prime Minister Bhattarai: We are alarmed by recent reports regarding the planned amnesty of criminal cases pending from past political violence in Nepal and are writing to express our concern that people convicted of killing journalists could go free based on political decisions made by your government.