by SAMSN Admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
Ajayababu Shiwakoti, the general secretary of the Nepal Press Union (NPU), received threats for his reporting on an alleged bribery scandal involving Nepal’s minister of communications and information technology. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 7, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Nepal, Release
A new information technology bill currently under discussion in the Nepalese parliament threatens to undermine media freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 11, 2019 | Attack, Impunity, Nepal, Release
Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, correspondent for News24 Television, has allegedly been threatened and abused by the Kaski district police after he reported on the Kaski police’s ‘Gambling Operation’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Attack, Nepal, Release
FNJ is seriously concerned over the psychological torture put on Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, Kaski District Correspondent of News 24 television by Kaski District Police head (SP) Dan Bahadur Karki for broadcast of a news in the television . Journalist Adhikari reported...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2019 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Countries, Impunity, India, Killing, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Release, South Asia, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 12 journalist deaths this year in South Asia are yet to have the murderers identified, let alone punished, pointing to an abject failure by governments to deal with a crisis of impunity in the region. The IFJ and...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 4, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Online Harassment, Release, Threat, Trade Union Rights
Nepali journalist and union leader Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti has been the subject of a campaign of threats and surveillance since publishing an article on an alleged rape by Nepal’s Speaker in Parliament. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate,...
