Incident Reports

Manaskhanda: Journalist threatened

2017-11-19

Sudurpashchim, Kanchanpur, Shuklaphanta National Park

Pahichan Khabar daily editor D.B Kushmi has reportedly received death threat over a news report he published. FNJ Kanchanpur raised concern over the threat to journalist Kushmi. Shivaraj Paneru the ward chairman of Suklaphanta ward number 2 threatened journalist D.B Kushmi regarding a news and advertisement published on paper. Meanwhile, ward chairman Paneru said there was minor dispute regarding the fake news published in newspaper. कन्चनपुरको झलारीबाट प्रकाशित हुने पहिचान खबर नेपाली दैनिकका सम्पादक डी.वी कुश्मीमाथी शुक्लाफाँटा नगरपालिका वडा नम्बर २ का वडा अध्यक्ष्य शिवराज पनेरुले हातपातको प्रयास गर्दै ज्यान मार्ने धम्की दिएको छन् । सुक्लाफाँटा नगर प्रमुखको कार्यकक्षमा समाचार संकलन गरिरहेको अवस्थामा वडा अध्यक्ष्य पनेरुले समाचार र बिज्ञापन प्रकाशनको निहुँमा आफुँमाथी हातपात गर्न खोज्दै ज्यान मार्ने धम्की दिएको पत्रकार डी.वि कुश्मीले बताए । यता वडा अध्यक्ष्य सिबराज पनेरुले समाचार तथा सूचना प्रकाशन गरेको बिषयमा सामान्य विवाद भएको बताए ।  
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Threat/intimidation
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations State-level authorities for (yet to be formed) provinces , State-level authorities for (yet to be formed) provinces
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Local Newspaper - Kanchanpur

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