Incident Reports
Threat to burn newspaper on Morng
2015-12-17
Province 1, Morang, Biratnagar
District President of Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum Nepal Leader Raj Kumar Yadav has threatened to torch New Sristi Daily on the charge of not publishing news in his favour.
Yadav issued the threat regarding the photograph of motorbike and its caption published in the cover page of the daily.
According to Shankar Kharel, Editor of the Daily, Yadav threatened to torch the daily over the issue of motorcycle rally taken out in the leadership of a central member of Nepal Sadbhawana Party Dilip Dhadewa.
Yadav said that he gave the suggestion to correct the news as it was one-sided.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation |
| Actor 1 - Entity | Federal Socialist party |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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