Incident Reports

Journalist obstructed from entering the Supreme Court

2021-10-27

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Ward 11

The Supreme Court administration has barred journalists from entering the court. Security has been beefed up at the court premises amid mounting pressure on Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara to resign. The security personnel have been obstructing the media personnel saying that the documents were not delivered or the identity card was not valid.

The admitted journalists were not allowed to enter the only sitting on October 27. Chief justice Jabara had given judgements on five cases in his single sitting while other judges demanding his resignatio were engaged in internal discussions. But the media personnel were not allowed to enter.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Program Interference/Obstruction
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 Other state institutions
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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