Incident Reports

Media personnel arrested on charge of anti-election activities

2017-11-20

Karnali, Kalikot, Naraharinath, Ward 8

Police have arrested 29 years old Jagdish Nath Yogi , district member of FNJ, Kalikot on November 20 on charge of operating anti-election activities. He was arrested on charge of sharing a news in a Facebook regarding the press release issued by NCP protesting the arrest of NCP cadre. DSP Subash Chandra Bohara of DPO Kalikot said that anyone found to be sharing or liking the post of a person involved in anti-election campaign will be arrested. The FNJ has drawn the attention of CDO and police chief regarding the arbitrary arrest of the journalist. Meanwhile, cadres of Nepal Communist Party have put a black flag in the house of left alliance HoR candidate Karma Raj Shahi and Mahendra Bahadur Shahi. Similarly, black flag was put in the house of democratic alliance candidate Bhupendra Jung Shahi, state assembly candidate Kalibahadur Sahakari and Tek Raj Shahi according to locals. नरहरिनाथ गाउँपालिका-८ निवासी नेपाल पत्रकार महासङ्घ जिल्ला शाखा कालिकोटका सदस्य २९ वर्षीय जगदिशनाथ योगीलाई निर्वाचन विरोधी गतिविधिमा संलग्न रहेको आरोपमा प्रहरीले मङ्सिर ४ गते साँझ गिरफ्तार गरेको छ । कालिकोटबाट प्रकाशन हुने जनप्रभात साप्ताहिकका सह-सम्पादकसमेत रहेका पत्रकार योगीलाई नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टीका कार्यकर्ता गिरफ्तार भएको घटनाको विरोध गर्दै जारी गरेको प्रेस विज्ञप्ति सामाजिक सञ्जाल फेसबुकमा शेयर गरेको आरोपमा गिरफ्तार गरिएको प्रहरीले जनायो । चुनाव विरोधी गतिवधिमा संलग्न व्यक्तिको पोष्टलाई शेयर, लाइक गर्ने जो कोहीलाई पनि गिरफ्तार गर्ने जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय कालीकोटका डिएसपी सुवासचन्द्र बोहोराले बताए । पत्रकारलाई गैरकानुनी गिरफ्तार गरेको भन्दै नेपाल पत्रकार महासङ्घ जिल्ला शाखा कालीकोटको टोलीले मङ्सिर ५ गते प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी र प्रहरी प्रमुख (डिएसपी)को ध्यानाकर्षण गराएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Arrest (politically significant)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Secondary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth na
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