Incident Reports

Journalists continued hunger strike in Kathmandu

2020-10-02

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Journalists and employees of the media house continue five-day relay fast which started in New Baneshwor on Thursday with the demand to reinstate the expelled journalists and staff under the pretext of Covid-19. 

The journalists demanded that the remuneration prescribed by the government should be made compulsory by the media house and they should be made permanent after working for six months as per the working journalist's act.

The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has also supported the movement.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Labor disputes, not including civil servants
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Journalist/Media
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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