Authorities have released some two dozen journalists arrested from a protest rally organised by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) in Kathmandu against the press curbs imposed after last year’s February 1 royal move.
Over two dozen journalists were released Wednesday evening while two journalists, Mahendra Pandey and Sun Bahadur Malla, are still in custody.
Likewise, six human rights workers including chairman of Human Rights Organisation of Nepal (HURON), Charan Prasain, Mukunda Rijal, Bijul Kumar Bishwokarma, Narayan Dutta Kandel, Suresh Bhatta and Basudev Devkota, who were arrested from a protest rally in Kathmandu this afternoon, remain detained.
Hundreds of journalists and human rights activists staged demonstration at New Road, a restricted area, this afternoon, demanding guarantee of press freedom and human rights.
At least two journalists were seriously injured as police used force to disrupt the protest rally.