Incident Reports

Annapurna: Journalists demand action against police

2015-02-23

Madhes, Bara, Jitpur Simara

Nepal Press Union has called for action against the police officers who were involved in attacking the media persons while they were collecting news during the recent protests in Simara. In a statement issued by the Union on Monday, it has demanded an investigation into the incident and called for action against those who were involved in the attack. In the statement, the press union also informed that police had seized equipment belonging to the media persons.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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