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Uproar in media over attacks on fraternity

Hindustan Times | By, Kathmandu
Mar 04, 2010 01:36 AM IST

Media associations and organisations across Nepal have expressed outrage against frequent attacks on the fraternity including murders of two prominent media barons in the past one month, reports Utpal Parashar.

Media associations and organisations across Nepal have expressed outrage against frequent attacks on the fraternity including murders of two prominent media barons in the past one month.

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Editors of 13 important Nepali and English newspapers condemned the attacks in a statement carried prominently in their publications on Wednesday under the heading ‘Violence can’t deter the pen’.

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Blaming the government for its “insensitive passivity” towards the attacks, they pledged never to surrender press freedom “whatever the circumstances”. Most papers like Republica and The Himalayan Times also carried editorials on the state of affairs.

In special editorials carried on the front pages, The Kathmandu Post and its sister publication Kantipur urged Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to “either get a handle over the security situation or quit”.

Media associations like Federation of Nepali Journalists and Nepal Media Society too organised sit-ins outside the home ministry and issued statements demanding immediate action against culprits.

“Journalists must be able to carry out professional journalism in a safe environment,” stated a release issued by Nepal unit of UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

On Monday, Arun Singhania (50), proprietor of Janakpur Today, a Nepali newspaper and Radio Today, a FM radio station was shot dead in Janakpur by motorcycle-borne assailants.

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    Utpal is a Senior Assistant Editor based in Guwahati. He covers seven states of North-East India and heads the editorial team for the region. He was previously based in Kathmandu, Dehradun and Delhi with Hindustan Times.

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