Incident Reports
Journalist in Kalikot received death threats for publishing a news article
2021-04-20
Bishwanath Simkhada, a 30-year-old journalist, of Raskot Municipality-2, accused two Akhil (Revolutionary) cadres, 24-year-old Hikmat Jung Singh and 25-Year-old Man Singh Shahi, of giving death threats to him over the issue of news.
According to the victim journalist Simkhada, Shahi and Singh had threatened to kill him on April 20 from the mobile number 9848348670 after he published news of the use of children in the program of Akhil (Revolutionary) at Dev Secondary School.
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 | CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
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