Janak Nepali, a reporter for Naulo Jana Uvar Weekly, was beaten up by an unidentified gang in Dang district, located in the mid-western part of Nepal on November 26, Thursday. They also looted his mobile set. Nepali was beaten up in front of his college gate in the early morning. The reason behind the attack is yet to be known.

In yet another incident, Shiva Prasad Nepal Chief District Officer (CDO) of Tanahu District in the western part of Nepal, abused journalist Samundra Paudel. Paudel was in CDO office to cover the news of abusing locals by CDO Nepal in a program occurred in Ganapate, a VDC of Tanahu. CDO Nepal also tagged journalists as a 'status less' group.
 
Journo thrashed by APF man
Dang, Dec. 7
A journalist has been thrashed by a security person in Dang. Lok Raj Sadhak, chief reporter and manager of Rapti News Weekly was thrashed by an armed policeman. According to Sadhak, the tipsy policeman thrashed him uttering verbal abuses without any reason while he was walking on the way.
Meantime, issuing a press statement, Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Dang president Pratap Regmi demanded to make the policeman involved in the beating public and take severe action against him. Similarly, chairman of Press Cahutari, Dang Paradip Pandey has called for action against the guilty by issuing a press release. Likewise, Revolutionary Journalists’ Association, Dang also protested the incident through the press statement. However, Chief District
Offi cer Rhishi Ram Dhakal has promised to take action against the accused after investigation.
 
Freedom Forum denounces all incidents and asks for the concerned authority to act in a responsible manner. In the case of abusing journalist by CDO, the Forum urges the government to investigate the incident and bring the guilty in to book.
 
Further, Freedom Forum welcomes the step taken by local administration to take action against those who were involved in threading journalist. Ramchandra Pokharel, Pushtaraj Pokharel,