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Journalist Uma Singh, 24, Murdered In Nepal

Journalist Uma Singh, 24, Murdered In Nepal
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by Mukunda Nepal

Unidentified armed forces have killed Uma Singh, a 24-year-old female journalist working for a local radio station in Janakpur, Terai district of Nepal. She was stabbed to death when about 15 men entered her home in Sarlahi, 90 miles south of Kathmandu, on Sunday evening.

According to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the Editor in Chief of Singh's newspapers said she was killed for criticizing local politicians and the traditional dowry system.

Demonstrations mourning her death have taken place in Mahottari, Sarlahi, Sindhuli, Siraha and Saptari districts. In Bara, journalists-at-work have wrapped black bands around their wrists in protest.

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Reports say armed groups have also threatened the life of another journalist, Manika Jha in Janakpur.

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