There were two incidents of detention of journalists, one raid was carried, one incident of arson was reported and one journalist was sacked from the job, the organization said the annual report.
Likewise, nine incidents of torching and vandalisms, 11 incidents of obstruction, 18 incidents of threats and 29 incidents of attacks and manhandling were recorded in the year.
The report said that threat was more to reporters writing on financial irregularities, smuggling and administrative malfeasance.
“Journalists in the capital itself faced highest number of intimidations, mostly by political cadres. The province no 2 with capital city Kathmandu witnessed 29 of violations in the year,” the report said.
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