Nava Raj Sharma
Year: 2002
Nationality: Nepal
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Kalikot, Nepal
Press organization: Kadam
What's Nava Raj Sharma's story?
Sharma, editor of the Nepali-language weekly Kadam, was kidnapped by Maoist rebels on June 1 and later killed, according to a team of journalists and human rights activists organized by the government’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The NHRC visited Kalikot District, where Sharma lived, as part of an August mission to Nepal’s remote midwestern region. The group learned of his murder from local residents and police.
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