Incident Reports
Chief of Dhangadhi Land Revenue mistreats journalist
2021-01-24
Sudurpashchim, Kailali, Dhangadhi
Chief of the Land Reform and Land Revenue Office Kailali, Surendra KC, misbehaved with Far-Western Bureau Coordinator Sudarshan Shrestha, also a journalist, who reached the Land Revenue Office on January 24 after receiving a complaint from a service recipient of being troubled due to the employee's arbitrariness. Journalist Shrestha said that KC abused him to defend his employee over the complaint of the service recipient.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Secondary Form | Attack on Journalist |
| 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 | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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