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Nepal Maoist Execute Reporter
Thap was kidnapped in Dailekh (500 km west of Kathmandu) by Maoist troops who accused him of spying for the government. Among 10 charges against him was one of helping to organise a ceremony to honour King Gyanendra in April. The leaflet, signed by "Comrade Ranajeet," the local party secretary, said he was executed after being found guilty of spying.
Journalist executed by Maoists
Reporters Without Borders expressed shock and outrage today at the murder of reporter Dekendra Raj Thapa, of the pro-government Radio Nepal, who the pro-Maoist Communist Party of Nepal said it had executed on 11 August, according to a 16 August party leaflet. He had been kidnapped on 26 June and is the second journalist to be killed in Nepal this year.
"We are revolted by this barbaric murder," it said, noting that the party's leader, Pushpan Kamal Dahal (better known as "Comrade Prachanda"), had been put on the Reporters Without Borders worldwide list of 37 "predators of press freedom."
Thap was kidnapped in Dailekh (500 km west of Kathmandu) by Maoist troops who accused him of spying for the government. Among 10 charges against him was one of helping to organise a ceremony to honour King Gyanendra in April. The leaflet, signed by "Comrade Ranajeet," the local party secretary, said he was executed after being found guilty of spying.
Thap was a keen rights activist and had been an adviser to the independent Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES).
The news of his execution came the day after the Maoists released another journalist, Durga Thapa, in the western district of Surkhet, who had also been accused of spying.
Since a ceasefire broke down in August last year, the rebels have plunged the country into new violence, reviving their "people's war" against the monarchy and feudalism and seizing control of more half the country. Last year they killed at least three journalists.
Nepalese journalists are caught between the army and the rebels. Padma Raj Devkota, editor of the fortnightly Bhurichula, was killed by army troops in the western district of Jumla in February.
Reporters Without Borders expressed shock and outrage today at the murder of reporter Dekendra Raj Thapa, of the pro-government Radio Nepal, who the pro-Maoist Communist Party of Nepal said it had executed on 11 August, according to a 16 August party leaflet. He had been kidnapped on 26 June and is the second journalist to be killed in Nepal this year.
"We are revolted by this barbaric murder," it said, noting that the party's leader, Pushpan Kamal Dahal (better known as "Comrade Prachanda"), had been put on the Reporters Without Borders worldwide list of 37 "predators of press freedom."
Thap was kidnapped in Dailekh (500 km west of Kathmandu) by Maoist troops who accused him of spying for the government. Among 10 charges against him was one of helping to organise a ceremony to honour King Gyanendra in April. The leaflet, signed by "Comrade Ranajeet," the local party secretary, said he was executed after being found guilty of spying.
Thap was a keen rights activist and had been an adviser to the independent Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES).
The news of his execution came the day after the Maoists released another journalist, Durga Thapa, in the western district of Surkhet, who had also been accused of spying.
Since a ceasefire broke down in August last year, the rebels have plunged the country into new violence, reviving their "people's war" against the monarchy and feudalism and seizing control of more half the country. Last year they killed at least three journalists.
Nepalese journalists are caught between the army and the rebels. Padma Raj Devkota, editor of the fortnightly Bhurichula, was killed by army troops in the western district of Jumla in February.
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To Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is the right of Rupert Murdoch and other billionaires to control as much of the world's media as they can buy. You can find plenty of good exposures of them by doing a search such as this:
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http://www.google.com/search?as_q=imperial...
By declaring, in response to the initial article, that Journalists Without Borders is an "imperialist front," Aaron implies that their story lacks merit and that the murder of journalists is somehow justified.
Really, who gives a fuck if JWB is funded by a bunch of capitalist fucks? That doesn't chage the fact that oppressing and/or killing someone on the basis of what that person says and/or believes constitutes murder. Persons who are involved in such oppressive, murderous acts should be brought to justice.
If those same acts are engaged in systematically by a group in power (or attempting to take power), such acts rise to the level of crimes against humanity. Individuals actively involved in such groups become complicit in these crimes and should be brought to justice.
Should we views these atrocious actions any differently when they are directed by some powertripping Maoist shithead than when directed by some powertripping capitalist shithead?
The ends do not justify the means.
In fact, the "ends" usually amount to little more than transparent rationalizations for obtaining and/or maintain unjustifiable hierarchies.
Really, who gives a fuck if JWB is funded by a bunch of capitalist fucks? That doesn't chage the fact that oppressing and/or killing someone on the basis of what that person says and/or believes constitutes murder. Persons who are involved in such oppressive, murderous acts should be brought to justice.
If those same acts are engaged in systematically by a group in power (or attempting to take power), such acts rise to the level of crimes against humanity. Individuals actively involved in such groups become complicit in these crimes and should be brought to justice.
Should we views these atrocious actions any differently when they are directed by some powertripping Maoist shithead than when directed by some powertripping capitalist shithead?
The ends do not justify the means.
In fact, the "ends" usually amount to little more than transparent rationalizations for obtaining and/or maintain unjustifiable hierarchies.
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