Nepal – 2004 Annual Report
By breaking off a cease-fire, the Maoists plunged Nepal back into the cycle of violence. The security forces arrested, detained in undisclosed locations, tortured or threatened about 100 journalists. More journalists were arrested in Nepal in 2003 than in any other country in the world. The Maoists murdered one journalist and threatened dozens of others for allegedly spying for the army. It was a grim year for press freedom
It was reported on 18 July that Bed Prakash Timalsena, a correspondent for the daily Kantipur in Mangalsen (in the far west of Nepal), was receiving threats from Maoists and members of the All Nepal Farmer Association (a peasant grouping) over his articles about the Maoists and their support in the local population. After being given 36 hours to leave the area, Timalsena fled to the southern town of Nepalgunj
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