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Nepali Press still under Deliberate Assaults and Continuous Threats
This year too, Nepali press witnesses an upsurge in deliberate incidents of life-threatening assaults and atrocities despite repeated commitments from the government and political parties to curb anti-press incidents.
Another Female Journalist Brutally Attacked
Rukum-based journalist Tika Bista was seriously injured in an attack by an unidentified group at Musikot in the mid-western part of Nepal on December 8, Tuesday. Bista is a news coordinator for a local Sisne FM in the district. Bista was found unconscious with a severe head injury and cut wounds, apparently made by a razor blade, some 20 metres below a bush. Police recovered Bista’s laptop, radio and a mobile phone in wrecked state from the incident site. Police have suspected the assailants to have rolled Bista down the cliff after the attack
President Launches report on media situation in Nepal
The President of Nepal is launched a new report on the media situation in Nepal, produced by IMS and the International Media Mission to Nepal, at a regional conference on media freedom in Kathmandu.
World Press Freedom Day 2009
UNESCO, jointly with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Federation of Nepali Journalists, convened a regional conference in Kathmandu (Nepal) on 3 and 4 May to observe World Press Freedom Day.
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- Krishna Acharya, a local reporter for Kantipur national daily in the wester...
- Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kailali, a far-western district of Nepal, G...
- Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) cadres attacked on vehicle belong...
- Journalists in Nepal are continuously facing incidents of attacks, threats ...
- Journalists in Nepal were attacked and their vehicles vandalized for allege...
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Freedom Forum alarmed on 'anti-press incidents' Krishna Acharya, a local reporter for Kantipur national daily in the western Gorkha district received threat from office bearer of District Red Cross Society on January 22. Madhukar Wanta, an accountant of Society warned journalist Acharya of attacking...
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Government Official Obstructs Journalists Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kailali, a far-western district of Nepal, Gehanath Bhandari obstructed journalists while they reached District Prison Office for news coverage on January 19, Tuesday
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Recent Attacks on Press Freedom Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) cadres attacked on vehicle belonging to Nagarik Daily in Bara District, Tamagadi Jungle area which is located in the southern part of Nepal on January 7. "The attacker stopped vehicle in accuse of defying banda...
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Journalists Subjected to Attacks and Harassments Journalists in Nepal are continuously facing incidents of attacks, threats and harassments for covering news story and photographs even despite commitments from political actors to respect freedom of press and of expression.
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Journalists Bear Brunt of General Strike by Maoists Journalists in Nepal were attacked and their vehicles vandalized for allegedly defying bandh in the first day of the three-day general strike called by the main opposition party Unified CPN (Maoist) on December 20, Sunday.
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Journalist beaten up Janak Nepali, a reporter for Naulo Jana Uvar Weekly, was beaten up by an unidentified gang in Dang district, located in the mid-western part of Nepal on November 26, Thursday. They also looted his mobile set. Nepali was beaten up in front of his college...
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Journo receives death threat Keshav Raj Poudel, assistant editor of Choutari weekly, published from Kavre, said that he received death threat in connection with an article authored by him on December 13.
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Journo receives death threat Keshav Raj Poudel, assistant editor of Choutari weekly, published from Kavre, said that he received death threat in connection with an article authored by him on December 13.
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Maoists 'ban' newspaper circulation, pelt stone at press vehicle The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) cadres imposed ban on circulation of newspapers in Pokhara, located in the western part of country, on December 6, Sunday. Distributors could not circulate newspapers in the country's major tourist town due...
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Journalist gets threaten Teachers of Janashanti Lower Secondary School at Marpha of Mustang, located in the western part of Nepal, have threatened Mustang based journalist Chandreshwor Bastakoti of his life for last couple of days over a news regarding beating of a student....
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