Threat
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4
Aug
2017
Dilip Paudel
The managing director of a state-owned corporation Gopal Khadka issued a threat to journalist Dilip Paudel reporting on corruption on August 4 in capital Kathmandu. Khadka, the Managing Director of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), threatened journalist Dilip Paudel of Nagarik daily in the premises of the Ministry of Supplies, where Paudel was on a reporting assignment. Khadka told Paudel: “You have a family, be careful.” Paudel had first reported misappropriation of funds by Khadka while buying land for NOC. The Parliamentary Public Audit Committee had ordered an inquiry into the matter, concluding the proper procedures were not followed while buying the land.
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8
Jun
2017
Rana Tanveer
Rana Tanveer, senior reporter with the Express Tribune newspaper, said that he found his home vandalized and the door painted with a threat that reads, “Qadiani nawaz Rana Tanveer kafir wajib ul qatl, (Qadiani supporter Rana Tanveer is an unbeliever who deserves to be killed)”. His landlord had also received calls from unknown numbers asking to evict him calling him an ‘enemy of Islam’. Qadiani is a derogatory term for Ahmadi, a minority Muslim community, which faces discrimination and attacks as militants consider them a heretical sect. Tanveer has passionately covered issues relating to religious minorities and human rights. The journalist has reported the threats to the police, but claims that the police has shown little interest and has not even registered the case.
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8
Jun
2017
Journalists
John Amaratunga, Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs, threatened journalists on June 8 in Kandana, Colombo when he was asked questions regarding an environmental issue at Muturajawela wetlands and the charge that people were blaming him for the garbage problem in at Bopitiya in Wattala. Furious over the questions, Amaratunga asked the journalists to leave. “Do not report false news. Otherwise, I will beat you all to death,”