Nepal - Newspaper editor gets hundreds of threats by phone and online

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed to learn that Gopal Budhathoki, the editor of the weekly Sanghu and former vice-president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, has received more than 200 telephone and online messages in the past 10 days threatening him with deadly reprisals. “We call for the immediate deployment of all necessary police resources in order to quickly identify those responsible for these threats,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The scale of the harassment (...)

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