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Journalists demonstrate against the killing of their colleague Dekendra Thapa by Maoist rebels, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 18 August 2004, DEVENDRA M SINGH/AFP via Getty Images Freedom Forum welcomed the arrest of Hari Lal Pun, one of the individuals convicted for the killing of journalist Thapa. It acknowledged that the arrest is important in addressing the impunity for crimes against journalists in Nepal.
This statement was originally published on freedomforum.org on 16 December 2020.
The Nepal Police has arrested another individual convicted in the murder of journalist Dekendra Thapa. Hari Lal Pun was apprehended from his residence in Dailekh district on December 15, 2020. Dailekh is situated in Karnali Province, Nepal.