It has called on CPN (Maoist) Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamala Dahal to follow through his promise to investigate the attackers and punish them as per the law.
“This ugly attack on journalists by people linked to Prime Minister Prachanda’s party is a very dangerous development,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The government’s response is a major test of the prime minister’s commitment to media freedom and the rule of law. No one has been held accountable for the repeated attacks on the media in 2008.”
The New York-based human rights watchdog said that though the prime minister has announced an investigation, it has yet to begin.
It also called on the prime Minister to take a clear public stand on behalf of media freedom in Nepal and to ensure a prompt and impartial investigation leading to prosecutions. Dahal has denied his party had any role in the attack, blaming “immoral agents” who had “infiltrated” the CPN (Maoist).
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