A team of journalists and human rights activists have left Kathmandu for Sindhuli Friday afternoon to access the situation of media and journalists working in the district.

The team led by Bishnu Nisthuri, president of Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) includes Prushottam Dahal, chairman of Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES), Purna Basnet, central committee member of FNJ and Ujir Magar, Lalitpur district president of FNJ. Two journalists, Krishna Hari Ghimire and Dwarika Kafle of Sindhuli, who have been living in Kathmandu for the last two months, are also accompanying the team.

There are been several reports from Sindhuli and Dailekh that security forces have treated the local media person inhumanly, general secretary of FNJ Mahendra Bista told Nepalnews. According to him, the team will hold talks with local security officers and the district administration.

Ghimire told Nepalnews on Wednesday that an army colonel warned to throw journalists into the nearby Gwang River if they acted against the ‘will of the army’. The journalists say their movement are closely observed by security personnel after last year’s royal takeover.

Most of the newspapers in districts remain closed and many journalists have been displaced.