Nepal, July 13 -- On Monday morning, the gates of three media outlets were blocked by suspicious vehicles. This was not an accident or a case of bad parking. These vehicles were deliberately placed to stop the work of journalists at Kantipur Media Group, Onlinekhabar and Himalaya TV. Investigations found that the vehicles belonged to members of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). One was linked directly to Ravi Jaiswal, a member of the party's investigation and documentation department.

The reaction from the media fraternity was swift and defiant. The Federation of Nepali Journalists and the Gen Z Journalist Forum strongly condemned this coordinated stunt. They recognised it as a blatant act of political vendetta. The forum stated...