KATHMANDU, FEB 12 - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed solidarity with the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in demanding an end to impunity in relation to the attacks on media entrepreneur Jamim Shah and other journalists in Nepal.

In a statement on Wednesday, CPJ said the police should immediately find Shah’s killers and unmask the hidden intent behind the killing.

CPJ is a New York-based, independent non-profit organisation that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide.

Shah, chairman of the Nepalese television station and satellite network Space Time Network, was killed on Sunday afternoon by two masked gunmen on a motorcycle in Lazimpat, Kathmandu.

“Police should act quickly to find Shah’s killers and determine their motives,” said Bob Dietz , CPJ’s Asia programme coordinator. “The government has yet to make good on the assurances it made when it came to power that killers of journalists would not receive political protection.”

Nepal ranked eighth on CPJ’s Global Impunity Index, with the murder of at least five journalists unsolved. 

 Shah was a controversial figure with several well-documented public conflicts with the government and business competitors. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal had visited Shah’s family on Monday to assure them that the government would pursue the case. Police investigating the attack have not been able to establish a motive so far.

 

Posted on: 2010-02-17 03:07

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