Police rough up journos protesting attack on Himalmedia
Police used force to break up a rally of journalists who were protesting yesterday's attack on Himalmedia by pro-Maoist workers, in the capital, on Monday.
Secretary of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), Ramji Dahal sustained injury in his head as police resorted to baton-charging at Maitighar. The police beat up several other journalists taking part in the peaceful demonstration.
Human rights activists and civil society representatives also joined in the FNJ rally that started from Naya Baneshwor. Police intervened into the rally, without provocation, when it arrived near Maitighar Mandala.
FNJ and several other media rights groups, human rights organisations and political parties have condemned the attack on Himalmedia describing the attack as a deliberate attempt to muzzle the independent media.
Himalmedia CEO Ashutosh Tiwari, Nepali Times editor/publisher Kunda Dixit, executive editor of fortnightly news magazine Himal Khabarpatrika, Kiran Nepal, and its senior correspondent, Dambar Krishna Shrestha, were among a dozen staffers assaulted by a group of people affiliated with pro-Maoist workers' union over a news report published in the new issue of the magazine on the unruly activities of the union. nepalnews.com mk Dec 22 08
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