March 30th, 2010
Media Murders Continue in Nepal
By Butler Cain
Another media owner was murdered recently in southern Nepal, and it marks the continuation of a violent trend in that country.
Arun Singhaniya, who owned a regional newspaper and radio station in Nepal, died several weeks ago after being shot in the head while celebrating a Hindu festival. The murder was reported in the New Straits Times Online (Malaysia).
The murder happened a few weeks after another media owner was killed, though there was no suggestion that the two murders were linked.
“Media freedom campaigners say journalists in Nepal are frequently targeted, particularly in the lawless southern plains known as the Terai,” the newspaper reported.
Radio journalist Uma Singh also was killed in 2009, but no one has yet been prosecuted for her murder.