Incident Reports

Journalist beaten by Nepal Communist Party's province committee member

2019-12-22

Lumbini, Banke, Kohalpur

Journalist Sangin Sharma was beaten by the goons hired by Pujan Biswokarma, a Province 5 committee member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), on Sunday evening. 

According to journalist Sharma, a group hired by Pujan attacked him at his office in Kohalpur on Sunday evening. Sharma runs Yugyan Daily newspaper from Kohalpur.

Witnesses of the incident reported that Pujan ordered the goons to attack Sharma.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Attack on Journalist
Weapons Other
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 UML and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Banke , Local Newspaper - Chitwan

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