Attack (Nepal)

  • 7 Aug 2020
    Nepal: Journalist attacked

    Country Nepal  Violation Type Attack  Target Journalist

    Nepal: Journalist Chaurdhary attacked

  • 15 Jan 2018
    Sudip Kaini

    Country Nepal  Violation Type Attack  Target Journalist

    Journalist Sudip Kaini was attacked while on assignment in Gorkha district of Nepal on January 15. A group of five assailants attacked Kaini, a correspondent of Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post dailies at Abu Khaireni while he was reporting on the illegal sand extraction in the Marsyangdi river that endangered local settlements. The assailants manhandled the reporter, snatched away his camera and cellphone, and deleted photos threatening him not to reveal the incident. Kaini sustained a neck injury and was rescued by local residents.

  • 28 Mar 2017
    Shreedhar Paudel and Keshav Thapa

    Country Nepal  State Central  Violation Type Attack  Target Journalist

    Students protesting against the election of the Free Students Union at the Ratna Rajya Laxmi College on Exhibition Road in Kathmandu, hurled a petrol-based Improvised Explosive Device targeting photojournalists Shreedhar Paudel of OnlineKhabar.com and Keshav Thapa of The Kathmandu Post daily on March 28. The photojournalists were taking photographs of the protests and documenting scuffle between the police and protesters who were against the holding of the election. The photojournalists were not hurt as they managed to run away to safety.