Fears for Nepalese news editor

The Federation of Nepalese Journalists has called on the government to give details about the condition of a jailed newspaper editor.

The group's president Taranath Dahal made the demand after newspaper reports suggested that Krishna Sen, the editor of a pro-Maoist newspaper Janadisha, had died after being tortured.

The Nepalese authorities have yet to comment on the reports.

Nepalese journalists have accused the authorities of tightening restrictions on the press, and say journalists have been harassed -- and in some cases arrested or tortured -- since a state of emergency was declared last November.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service