RE: (UNN) Re: Royalist journalist abducted in Nepal

[Ash Shrivastav]

What is going on?  How long can Nepal be Lawless?  Where are the penchants of Civil Rights and Democracy (or so called Maoists)?

 

Sincerely,

 

Ashutosh Shrivastav

United Nationalist Nepalse (UNN)

www.unnepal.org

 

From: UnitedNation...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:UnitedNation...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bishal Shah
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:03 PM
To: Harold; unitednation...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: (UNN) Re: Royalist journalist abducted in Nepal

 

 

We need to condemn the abduction of Mr. Prakash Singh Thakuri. Whoever has committed this sin must be punished. Nepal must get rid of such criminal activities.   Bishal Shah --- On Thu, 12/17/09, Harold <royalis...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: From: Harold <royalis...@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Royalist journalist abducted in Nepal To: "Monarchist Alliance" <monarchis...@yahoogroups.com.au> Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 8:07 PM Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Missing 1982-2009, December 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b29fd4d2.html [accessed 18 December 2009]   NEPAL Prakash Singh Thakuri, National Journalists Federation, July 5, 2007, Kanchanpur   Prakash Singh Thakuri was abducted on July 5 in the western district of Kanchanpur by a group of armed men believed to be associated with Nepal's Maoist party. On July 8, a previously unknown group calling itself the National Republican Army Nepal (NRAN) claimed in an e-mail that it had killed Thakuri for circulating "propaganda in support of the monarchy," according to local press reports. However, local journalists told CPJ that Thakuri's body had not been found and that a police investigation remained inconclusive.   Local journalists described Thakuri as a staunch supporter of King Gyanendra, who was forced to cede control of the government in April 2006 after weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations. He had a long career as a journalist, most recently working as editor and publisher of the royalist newspaper Aajako Samachar, which closed after the king relinquished power. He was a prominent member of the royalist National Journalists Federation, local newspapers reported.   Thakuri's wife, Janaki, told police that a group of men abducted the reporter from the couple's home in Mahendranagar, the capital of Kanchanpur district, at around 10 a.m. on July 5, according to local news reports. She named one suspect in the kidnapping and identified the others involved as members of the Young Communist League, a group associated with the Maoist party that has been accused of human rights abuses. (Nepal's Maoist party signed a peace agreement in November 2006, formally ending a decade-long armed insurgency.)   Maoist party leaders denied responsibility for the abduction, according to the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the country's largest media organization.   Police and local journalists were unable to verify the origins of the e-mail purportedly sent by the National Republican Army Nepal. In the e-mail, which was sent to Nepalese news media and officials, the group claimed it had killed Thakuri as he attempted to flee. The note did not give a time or place for the killing, according to the Himalayan News Service. In the e-mail, the group threatened to take similar actions against others it perceives to be supporters of the monarchy.   Colleagues feared that Thakuri may have been killed, but the Federation of Nepali Journalists said that they would consider him to be "missing" until his death was confirmed by police. The federation continued to press for a more through police investigation into Thakuri's abduction.   http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b29fd4d2.html       See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now.

 

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