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Police detained two journalists in Chitwan district of Nepal for reporting during COVID-19 lockdown

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Police detained Binod Babu Rijal, editor of the Kayakaran Daily, and Arjun Adhikari, a reporter for Radio Triveni, for one hour in Chitwan district for reporting during lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Their phones were taken away despite the two identifying themselves as journalists.

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