Lumbini Province correspondent for Gorkhapatra National Daily, Gobinda Sharma was barred from reporting in District Administration Office (DAO), Banke on September 21.
Journalist Sharma shared with Freedom Forum that he had gone the DAO to inthe district following the Gen Z protest. He saw Chief District Officer inspecting a torched building beside the office and took a photo. Then, the CDO asked him why he took photo without permission.
In response, journalist Sharma showed his press identity card and introduced himself as a journalist but the CDO Joshi ignored and threatened him to delete the photo. He also ordered security officers to take him out of the office premise.
“Then, I had to return back without reporting to avoid further misbehavior”, said Sharma.
Freedom Forum is concerned over the incident. FF reminds government authorities to respect journalists’ rights to free reporing.
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