Threat

  • 28 Jan 2018
    Kapila Kuruppuarachchi, Jayalath Dissanayake

    Country Sri Lanka  State Uva  Violation Type Threat  Target Journalist

    Kapila Kuruppuarachchi of Sirasa TV and Jayalath Dissanayake of TV Derana were threatened and chased away from a political rally by an aide to Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Nimal Siripala De Silva. The aide told the journalists they were hostile to his cause and threatened to incite a crowd against them.

  • 10 Jan 2018
    Shyamal Dutta

    Country Bangladesh  State Dhaka  Violation Type Threat  Target Journalist

    Death threats were issued against editor Shyamal Dutta in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dutta, the editor of the Bengali language daily Bhorer Kagoj, is facing threats of violence from religious fundamentalists who have publicly called for his hanging over a news report on a book published by the state-owned Madrassah Education Board. On December 23, a demonstration in front of the Press Club in Dhaka demanded punishment for Dutta and the story reporter. Defamation cases have also been filed against the editor and an arrest warrant was issued. Dutta was also subject to threats and derogatory comments on social media.

  • 11 Sep 2017
    Umesh Paudel

    Country Nepal  State Central  Violation Type Threat  Target Journalist

    Umesh Paudel, a journalist with Naya Patrika daily, was threatened over a phone call by GP Paudel regarding news about a fraud business of crypto-currency on September 11. Paudel is one of the two journalists who reported ‘Gravity Currency’ as fraud business and named GP Paudel as the head of the business. After publication of the news, GP Paudel called on the journalist’s mobile and told him: “I know police officers all over Nepal. You have done your work, now, I will start what should be done to you.”