by SAMSN Admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Alert, Arrest / Detainment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Release, Trade Union Rights
Union leaders from the Nepal Press Union (NPU) and the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) were among nine journalists arrested as they protested job losses in Kathmandu on Monday. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the NPU in...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Alert, Arrest / Detainment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Release, Trade Union Rights
Police in Nepal have arrested nine journalists including general secretary of the Nepal Press Union (NPU) Mr. Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti from Central Secretariat, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. Journalsits were demanding restoration of job of three journalists who were...
by SAMSN Admin | May 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Nepal, News, Release, Right to Information
Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) is highly concerned on the “”Nepal Media Council Bill” recently registered at parliament and the proposed “Mass Communication Bill”, which is ready to be registered at the parliament. “Both the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 10, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Politics, Release, Right to Information
New provisions to the Media Council Act were tabled by the Nepal government on May 9, which will further tighten control on media in the country. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Nepal Press Union (NPU) have strongly criticized...
by SAMSN Admin | May 10, 2019 | Nepal, Politics, Release
स्वस्थ, स्वतन्त्र, मर्यादित र उत्तरदायी पत्रकारिताको विकास तथा सम्वर्द्धन गर्ने नाममा सरकारले बनाउन लागेको नेपाल मिडिया काउन्सिल सम्वन्धि विधेयक र आमसञ्चार विधेयकको कतिपय व्यवस्थाको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भिर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। मन्त्रिपरिषदबाट पारित भइ संसदमा...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Nepal, Release
The steps taken by the prime minister KP Oli government to enact laws that regulate individuals who use social media has drawn serious attention of Nepal Press Union. Various clauses of the part 14 of the draft of the bill approved by the Information, Technology and...
