Incident Reports

Man arrested for criticizing Mayor on a Facebook post

2020-02-17

Madhes, Bara, Mahagadhimai, Ward 1

Police arrested 27-year-old Dipendra Kushuwaha of Mahagadhimai Municipality-1 on Monday over a Facebook post criticizing the Mayor of Mahagadhimai Municipality.

Kusuwaha tried to take a video of the Mayor's response during the inspection of a canal in Mahagadhimai-2.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Arrest (politically significant)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
National/Online Media

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