Parsa-based reporter for sidhakura.com Jiyalal Sah received threat of public insult from political cadres for his reporting on January 3. Parsa lies in Madhesh Province of Nepal.
Freedom Forum's representative for the province Rajan Singh reported that Sah received threats and abusive messages from CPN-UML cadres through phone calls and social media posts over the news published on January 2. The news about a political program welcoming a new entrant in a party. In the news, reporter Sah has mentioned that those entered in the party as cadres were facing legal charges since December 2022.
Following this, the political cadres made abusive posts to reporter Sah along with his photo on social media. They have questioned him for reporting the news and also threatened to smear his face wherever they find him, shared representative Singh.
Freedom Forum condemns the threat issued to reporter. Sah has been facing charges under cybercrime and defamation for publishing news critical to Mayor of Birgunj Metropolitan City. Such incidents one after another may make journalist demoralized and affect profession.
Hence, FF strongly urges the concerned authority to ensure safety of journalists.
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