INSEC’s Financial Support to Madhes Agitation Victim Journalist

INSEC’s Financial Support to Madhes Agitation Victim Journalist

Published Date : Tuesday, October 06, 2015                                 Read Count : 89

Mahottari/ October 5

INSEC has provided a financial support of Rs 10,000 to journalist Bikdram Rauniyar on October 5.

Rauniyar was beaten up and his newly bought camera was smashed by the police while covering a demonstration on September 7.

The support was handed over to Rauniyar amidst a program organized INSEC Mahottari to discuss on the situation of human rights defenders in the district.

Rauniyar is reporter for Saurya daily and Mountain TV and FNJ Mahottari secretary.

He had bruises all over the body when beaten up by the police at Ram Chok Janakpur.

Speaking at the program Rauniyar said that the INSEC support made him feel like getting social justice. The meeting also formed a 15-member Human Rights Defenders Network with INSEC district representative Ajay Kumar Sah.

The other members of the Network incude Rakesh Chaudhary, Ranjan Bhandari, Rajkaran Mahato, Dipika Sah, Madan Kumar Jha, Tulasi Raman Kafle, Bikaru Yadav, Rekha Jha, Geeta Chimoriya, Ghanshyam Bhagat, Nagendra Kumar Karn, Ram Narayan Mahato and Sanjit Kumar Mandal.

During the meeting, the district human rights defenders said that they had to resort to self-censorship and that they were targeted both by the police and the demonstrators. 

Ajay Kumar Sah

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