South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: January, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network(SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on February 16, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
#JeSuisCharlie: Asia-Pacific media unions unite in condemning brutal attack in France
Media unions and press freedom groups from across the Asia-Pacific today joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a regional show of solidarity and joint condemnation of the horrific attack that took the lives of 10 media workers in France this...
Supreme Court upholds conviction and sentence in Nepalese journalist rape case
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in welcoming the Supreme Court verdict on December 18 to imprison a perpetrator in the rape of a female journalist, but has criticized the slow trial process which left...
Journalist attacked in Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) is condemning the attack on a journalist in Chitwan, central Nepal on November 20. Two unidentified people on a motorbike...
Journalists and staff attacked in eastern Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in expressing concern over an attack on journalist and FNJ office staff on October 19, 2014 in Jhapa, eastern Nepal. About...
British-Nepali journalist and activist team detained in Qatar
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) have raised concerns for the welfare of a journalist and a human rights worker detained in Qatar since August 31 and called for their immediate release....
Nepal court sentences journalist’s murderers life imprisonment
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in welcoming the court verdict on the case of murder of journalist Yadav Poudel on July 10, 2014. A joint bench of Justices Udaya Prakash Chapagain and...
Bill on Contempt of Court Undermines Freedom of Expression in Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in expressing serious concerns over the proposed Contempt of the Court bill. The bill, registered on June 9 in the Legislature Parliament by the...
Journalist attacked in Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in condemning an attack against a journalist by unidentified assailants at Dharapani Village of Dhanusha, Nepal on the night of March 7. According to reports...
Nepali journalist receives death threats
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) are alarmed by death threats made against K P Dhungana, a crime reporter working for Nagarik Daily of Kathmandu. According to the FNJ, Dhungana had been...
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Three journalists arrested in three weeks in Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in expressing serious concerns over the arrests of several journalists in recent weeks in Nepal. The IFJ condemns these arrests and demands an immediate...
तस्विर खिचेकै भरमा पत्रकार पक्रेर सार्वजनिक अपराधको मुद्दा लगाइनु प्रेस तथा अभिब्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको गम्भीर उल्लंघन
समयबोध पत्रिकामा आवद्ध पत्रकार शेषनारायण झालाई प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । झालाई सिंहदरबार गेटको तस्विर खिचेको भन्दै प्रहरिले जेठ १० गते प्रक्राउ गरेको जानकारी महासंघमा प्राप्त भएको छ । तस्विर खिचेकै भरमा...
पत्रकार श्रेष्ठ पक्राउको निन्दा
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका सभासद चन्द्रमान श्रेष्ठलाई प्रकाशित समाचारलाई लिएर प्रहरीले हिजो साँझ पक्राउ गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । नेपाल सन्देश अनलाइनमा नेपाली कांग्रेसका नेता गगन थापाका सम्वन्धमा समाचार प्रकाशित भएपछि नेता थापाको...
नेपाली प्रेस र पत्रकारहरूले भोगिरहेका समस्या समाधानको सन्दर्भमा महासंघद्वारा सूचना तथा सञ्चारमन्त्रीलाई ध्यानाकर्षण
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको प्रतिनिधिमण्डलले आज सूचना तथा सञ्चारमन्त्री शेरधन राईलाई भेटी नेपाली प्रेस र पत्रकारहरूले भोगिरहेका समस्या समाधानको सन्दर्भमा ध्यानाकर्षण गराएको छ । महासंघका अध्यक्ष डा. महेन्द्र विष्टको नेतृत्वमा गएको प्रतिनिधिमण्डलले ११ बुँदे ध्यानाकर्षण पत्र...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: May, 2016
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on June 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from...
पत्रकार पक्राउको निन्दा
समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर गाउँले मासिकका प्रधान सम्पादक भद्रगोल किराती (मनोजकुमार राई) लाई प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । किराँत धर्म गुरु भनिने भक्तबहादुर राईबारे समाचार र पुस्तिका लेखेको निहुँमा प्रहरीले सम्पादक...
सरकारको नीति तथा कार्यक्रममा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको धारणा
नेपाल सरकारले आर्थिक वर्ष २०७३/७४ लागि प्रस्तुत गरेको नीति तथा कार्यक्रममा सञ्चार क्षेत्रको बारेमा उल्लेख गरिएका केहि प्रावधान र केहि उल्लेख हुनै पर्ने बिषय छुटाएकामा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भिर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। नीति तथा कार्यक्रममा उल्लेखित " सूचना सम्प्रेषणलाई...