Incident Reports

Local representatives threaten journalists

2019-05-05

Madhes, Mahottari, Sonama

Rural Municipal Chairperson Raj Kumar Yadav and Ward Chairperson Ashok Yadav of Sonama rural municipality are accused of threatening journalists. The duo allegedly threatened 32-year-old Dhanbir Mahato, a news coordinator at Radio Rupantaran, 27-year-old Dhavendra Kumar Yadav, a correspondent at MahottariPost.com and 25-year-old Shailendra Mahato, a journalist at TodayPati.com.

Threats were issued on the trio for writing a news article about the local representatives' assault on 16-year-old Shankar Sah and 17-year-old Sudhir Sah. 


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Threat/intimidation
Secondary Form Threat/intimidation
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
INSEC , National/Online Media

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