| KATMANDU: Fifteen journalists were detained in western Nepal after being threatened by government troops who were unhappy about their coverage of military operations against communist guerrillas, a reporter said on Sunday. The journalists were preparing to flee on Sunday from the town of Dailekh, 500 kilometres northwest of Katmandu, after receiving threats from the military when police took them into custody, said Harihar Singh Rathor, a reporter for the Kantipur newspaper. âBecause we refused to censor news about the armyâs activities, we were being harassed and even threatened,â Rathor said. âSo all of us decided to flee to safe areas.â He said journalists in the area had been repeatedly summoned by the army and questioned about their sources. The journalists were detained by police after authorities discovered that they were planning to flee, Rathor said. |