Incident Reports

Journalist threatened by government employee over a news article in Parbat

2016-05-08

Gandaki, Parbat, Phalebas

Bishnu Bahadur Pande, Officer at Livestock Development Office in Parbat allegedly threatened a journalist working for Dhaulagiri Online news portal on Sunday over a news item published in the portal. The journalist, Mahendra GC said that Pande threatened him of physical assault using defamatory and foul language over the news titled "Government employees in meeting all day long, service seekers forced to wait in office door", which was published on May 7. He was reportedly barred from entering the Livestock Development Office to collect news on Friday. Issuing a press release on Sunday, FNJ Parbat condemned the act of threatening journalists for doing their job. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Threat/intimidation
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth na
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