Incident Reports

Journalist abused while filming motorcycle vandalism during general strike

2021-02-04

Protesters have mistreated a journalists at Katari Chowk in Mirchaiya of Siraha during NCP Prachanda-Madhav faction's general strike on Thursday. Local media person Shyam Thakur was manhandled by the protesters affiliated to the group while filming the protestors vandalizing a motorcycle as a part of his reporting.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Attack on Journalist
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations NCP (Nepal Communist Party) and Affiliates
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth na
Totally damaged Vehicles 1
National/Online Media

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