In less than one week, two incidents of journalists being physically attacked in Nepal have raised concerns about safety. Journalists Chhabilal Tiwari and Om Prakash Gayal were attacked in Parbat on August 9; and Radheshyam Biswokarma, Salman Khan and Deepak Ghimire...
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नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ केन्द्रीय समितिको बैठकले गरेका निर्णयहरु
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ केन्द्रीय समितिको यही साउन २३ र २४ गते बुद्ध जन्मभूमि लुम्बिनीमा महासंघ अध्यक्ष गोविन्द आचार्यको अध्यक्षतामा सम्पन्न केन्द्रीय समितिको बैठकले गरेका निर्णयहरु जानकारीका लागि यो प्रेस विज्ञप्ति जारी गरिएको छ । बैठकका निर्णयहरु १.प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति...
Raajje TV receive maximum fine under draconian defamation law
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has fined opposition-aligned Raajje TVwith an exorbitant MVR two million (USD 130,000) for live broadcasting a politician’s speech from an opposition demonstration that was deemed defamatory towards President Abdulla Yameen...
IFJ, SAMSN demand release of Shahidul Alam in Bangladesh
In a letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) and several journalist organizations in South Asia demanded an end to the media crackdown that has...
पत्रकारद्वयमाथि कुटपिट
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ एवं नेपाल प्रेस युनियन पर्वतका अध्यक्ष छविलाल तिवारी र महासंघका पूर्व अध्यक्ष एवं युनियनका संस्थापक ओमप्रसाद घायलमाथि निर्माण व्यवसायी कुश्मा नगरपालिका वडा नं ४ निवासी पुस्कल शर्माले हातपात गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ।...
Rilwan abduction: cover-ups and negligence
“[...] Journalist Rilwan, who is now dead, no doubt, a very regrettable matter,” President Abdulla Yameen said Tuesday, August 7. The callously offhand remark came during a tirade against allegations leveled by his jailed former deputy. The remark was met with shock...
पत्रकारमाथि कुटपिट
नेपाल प्रेस युनियन रुपन्देहीका कार्यसमिति सदस्य तथा बुटवल टुडे र वुद्ध टेलिभिजनमा कार्यरत पत्रकार राधेश्याम विश्वकर्मा,कार्यसमितिकै सदस्य तथा अन्नपूर्ण राष्ट्रिय दैनिकमा कार्यरत पत्रकार सलमान खान र खवर साप्ताहिकका सम्पादक दिपक घिमिरेलाई रिपोर्टीङका क्रममा रुपन्देहीमा...
Funding journalism in digital age
Media worldwide is going through a tough period as the advertising revenues and sales go down, mostly due to the rise of the internet. IFJ South Asia Coordinator Ujjwal Acharya shares his thoughts on how journalism should be funded in the digital age. Newspapers are...
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam arrested in Bangladesh
Policemen in plain clothes stormed the house of veteran photojournalist Shahidul Alam in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on the evening of Sunday, August 5, and arrested him, reportedly for a Facebook post about ongoing student demonstrations. The International Federation of...
Shots fired at TV anchor’s house in Lahore, Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen fired shots at Express News TV anchor Imran Khan’s house in Lahore, the capital of Punjab Province in north-eastern Pakistan on August 1. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the incident and urges the authorities to expedite...