Jamim Shah's murderers need to be brought to justice says UN

On February 7 Jamim Shah, the owner of Channel Nepal and Space Time Network, was shot to death in the streets of Katmandu, Nepal. The United Nations is calling for those who pulled the trigger be brought to justice.

Press freedom was hit with a heavy blow on February 7 in Nepal when Jamim Shah was murdered by two men on a motorcycle in Katmandu. Shah's driver was injured during the attack as well. Shah owned the largest privately-owned media organization in Nepal. Since his murder the editors of Kantipur and Kathmandu Post, two daily newspapers in the city, have received death threats for covering the killing of Shah. Reports of similar threats have also come to Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post. Over the past ten years at least 13 journalists have been murdered. “I condemn the murder of Jamim Shah,” UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova said. “Mr. Shah was a key player in the development of television in Nepal which, like every country, relies on media pluralism to foster free and informed debate. “I am also deeply concerned about threats to journalists reporting on his death. I trust that the Nepalese authorities’ investigation into this crime will be successful and that those seeking to intimidate the media will be brought to justice.”