Reporters Chino Saru Magar and Arjun Shrestha were misbehaved while reporting in Dhading on February 3. Dhading lies in Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Reporter Magar is associated with https://www.pabilnews.com/ and Reporter Shrestha is associated with Naya patrika daily and https://www.nepalpath.com/ (an online news portal).
Reporter Shrestha said that he and fellow journalists reached the site of the opposition political party CPN-UML's district convention to report on the clash among cadres during a closed session.
The cadres obstructed journalists from entering the venue and abused them saying- ‘You YouTuber, leave journalism and YouTube. If you want, this is my mobile, take my video.’
"We could see the public and few journalists taking photos and videos without any obstruction in the place but they knowingly obstructed and pushed us forcefully out of the gate", shared reporter Shrestha.
Freedom Forum condemns the misbehaviour meted out to journalists while reporting. Obstructing journalists and abusing them is a sheer violation of press freedom.
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