NPU denounces police attack on journalist Dhakal
NPU denounces police attack on journalist Dhakal
Published: 05:50 pm Feb 07, 2018
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Press Union has condemned the police attack on journalist Prakash Dhakal. Dhakal was injured when the police baton-charged him while covering the report about protest enforced by students of Prithvi Narayan Campus in Pokhara over the death of a college student on Tuesday. An alliance of democratic journalists also demanded free medical treatment for injured Dhakal, job and physical security for journalists, and a commitment from the police to not repeat such incident, read a statement issued by the NPU today. Dhakal is a member of the NPU and associated with Pokhara-based Adarsha Samaj Dainik.