Dekendra Raj Thapa

Year: 2004

Nationality: Nepal

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Dailekh, Nepal

Press organization: Radio Nepal

What's Dekendra Raj Thapa's story?

In August 2004, rebels in midwestern Nepal’s Dailekh District claimed to have killed Dekendra Raj Thapa, a journalist for state-run Radio Nepal and head of a local drinking water project. Local sources told CPJ that Thapa’s killing was connected to his work as a journalist.

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