SAMC, SAWM slate radio journalist’s murder in Nepal

LAHORE: The South Asia Media Commission (SAMC), a regional media watchdog, and the South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), a region-wide association of women journalists, have condemned the murder of Uma Singh, a young woman radio journalist, in southern Nepal.

The SAMC Chairman N Ram and Secretary General Najam Sethi and SAWM Regional Coordinator Zebunnisa Burki called on the authorities to identify those responsible for the murder of the Radio Today reporter in Janakpur and bring them to justice.

“Journalists in Nepal had long lived with violence or the threat of it. The authorities should take the necessary action to ensure the security of journalists,” they said in a joint statement.

Two journalists were killed in Nepal in 2008. International media watchdogs place Nepal on a list of 13 countries where journalists are murdered on a recurring basis and governments fail to prosecute the killers.