Threat
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4 Mar 2020Nepal: Journalist threatened for reporting bribe- negotiation
Country Nepal Violation Type Threat Target Journalist
Ajayababu Shiwakoti, the general secretary of the Nepal Press Union (NPU), received threats for his reporting on an alleged bribery scandal involving Nepal’s minister of communications and information technology.
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23 Jan 2020Sri Lanka: Tamil journalists receive death threats
Country Sri Lanka State Eastern Violation Type Threat Target Media Staff
Leaflets threatening to kill seven Tamil journalists were left at the Batticaloa Press Club and a nearby bus stop in Batticaloa, a city in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
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11 Dec 2019Nepal: Police abuse television journalist
Country Nepal State Gandaki Violation Type Threat Target General Public
Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, correspondent for News24 Television, has allegedly been threatened and abused by the Kaski district police after he reported on the Kaski police’s ‘Gambling Operation’.