Information on Kanak Mani Dixit’s arrest

(On 2 May 2016, the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered the release of Kanak Mani Dixit, journalist, activist and Himal Southasian's founding editor, responding to a habeas corpus writ petition. Dixit was arrested by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on 22 April.)

Fact sheet on Dixit's arrest

Petition in Dixit's support

Dixit's statement on the arrest