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Journalists imprisoned in 1999

Nepal (1)

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His Excellency Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Prime Minister, The Kingdom of Nepal
Office of the Prime Minister
Singh Durbar
Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax: 977-1-227-286

Krishna Sen, Janadesh
Imprisoned: April 20, 1999

Police arrested Sen, editor of the Nepali-language weekly Janadesh, and seized thousands of copies of the newspaper.

According to CPJ's sources, Sen was arrested in connec-tion with a recent issue of Janadesh that featured an interview with Baburam Bhattarai, one of the leaders of Nepal's Maoist insurgency. Police reportedly confiscated 20,000 copies of the edition in order to prevent the interview from being widely read.

While Janadesh is considered sympathetic to the Maoist cause, journalists in Nepal told CPJ that it is a vital source of information regarding the guerrilla movement. The Federation of Nepalese Journalists protested Sen's imprisonment.

Sen was still in custody at the end of December, despite a Supreme Court ruling that his arrest was illegal under the habeas corpus guarantees of Nepal's constitution. Owing to the harsh conditions of his imprisonment, Sen's health had deteriorated so badly that he had to be hospitalized at year's end, according to CPJ's sources.

[This is excerpts from the appeal of (CPJ) committee to protect journalist]

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