NEPAL: Photo journalists manhandled Photojournalists assaulted while attempting to take photos of former customs office chief at Tribhuvan International Airport Nepal News Thursday, November 17, 2005 AsiaMedia Editor's Note: Reports are unclear as to whether the lifting of the state of emergency on April 30 allows for press freedom, and thus Nepalnews may still be operating under the directives of King Gyanendra. Family members and relatives of Mrs. Sabitri Rajbhandari, former chief of customs office at the Tribhuvan International Airport have manhandled photo-journalists Naresh Shrestha and Rajesh Gurung while they were trying to take snaps of Mrs. Rajbhandari in the court premises. She had been produced before the Special Court in Kathmandu on a graft case. According to Annapurna Post daily, a group of over a dozen people, including Mrs. Rajbhandari's husband and former chief election commissioner, Keshav Raj Rajbhandari, manhandled journalists duo while they were taking snaps. They seized the camera of photo-journalist Shrestha and manhandled and seized the identity card of Gurung. Shrestha's camera flash was destroyed during the scuffle. Police later returned the camera of Shrestha but Gurung's I-D card is yet to be returned. Rights groups and press freedom monitoring agencies have condemned the manhandling of photo journalists, Shrestha and Gurung, and have asked the government to book the culprits. They have also demanded compensation to the journalists for the damage. "At a time when Nepalese press is under threat from the government, the latest incident highlights threats emanating also from the civil society," said Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES), a Kathmandu-based press freedom monitoring group, in a statement on Wednesday. The group also demanded that former CEC Rajbhandari beg public apology for his alleged misbehaviour towards media professionals. In a separate incident, the District Administration Office (DAO) of Parsa in southern Nepal has sent a letter to Birgunj F. M. asking it to air 'notices only.' DAO's directive goes against the new media ordinance introduced by the government last month, reports said. The ordinance bars the F. M. radio stations from broadcasting news-related programmes and asks them to air 'information-related programmes' only. The DAO has written a letter to the F. M. at a time when the issue is sub-judice. Save Independent Radio Movement has condemned the government's latest act of what it called intimidating an independent radio station and has demanded that the DAO withdraw its directive.

grgDai · Nov 28, 2012 9:44 AM

60 Karod ko bhrastachar rey OMG www.ciaa.gov.np/nepali/charge/sabitriraj_bhandari.doc

grgDai · Nov 28, 2012 10:26 AM

साथि के कुरा गर्या ? करोड भन्दा कम को कुरा नेपाल मा हुँदैन | प्रति करोड को एक बर्सको हिसाबले ६० बर्स जेल कैद हुनु पर्ने |

Magorkhe1 · Nov 28, 2012 10:46 AM

के मात्र गर्छ तेत्रो पैसा ? आफ्नो चम्चाहरुमा बाधछ कि के हो ?

mno · Nov 28, 2012 11:26 AM

60 hoina , 2 crore bhancha

kittys · Nov 28, 2012 1:12 PM

The CIAA manifesto shows 60 krores check the link www.ciaa.gov.np/nepali/charge/sabitriraj_bhandari.doc

grgDai · Nov 28, 2012 2:04 PM

hota ni

kittys · Nov 28, 2012 2:31 PM

होला होला ६० करोड नै होला | तर यिनी एरपोर्ट भन्सारको प्रमुख भएको बेलामा (२०५५ - २०५७ ) सम्म अर्थ मन्त्रि र गृह मन्त्रि को को थियो सोचम त | रबिन्द्र नाथ बाजे र बामदेव जी जस्तो लाग्छ | त्यो ६० करोड बाट उहाहरुलाइ कति गयो होला | त्यो समयलाई नेपालको एरपोर्ट भन्सारको इतिहासमा सुबर्ण काल भंचन क्यारे | हुनत फेरी यहाँ मित्रहरु ले फेरी मन्त्रि /नेता लै बिचमा ल्यायो भन्लान , तर त्यो तथ्य हो क्यारे | बरु उनीहरु portfolio diversification गर्न अनि कार्यकर्ता/पार्टी लाइ पोसेर आफ्नो राजनीति दरो बनाउन जान्ने भएकोले नेताहरुले कमाए जति नाङ्गो आँखाले देखिन्न | तेस्मथी अख्तियारको छानबिन अनि मुद्दा दायर गर्ने तरिका पनि गजबको थियो छानी छानी गरे जस्तो , भगवान जाने |

nepalilaure · Nov 28, 2012 6:29 PM