Online journalist attacked after receiving e-mail threats
Even after the November 16 attack, Shreedeep Rayamajhi has continued to receive e-mails suggesting threats on his life.
CEHURDES condemns attack, looting at FM radio station
A group of masked men barged into the offices of Jana Awaz FM, threatened the staff and seized some computing and sound equipment.
CEHURDES condemns killing of media worker, demands action against culprits
Radio Tulsipur FM Chairman Devi Prasad Dhital ‘Hemraj’ was returning from his home village when he was attacked and fatally shot by a group of armed people.
Radio journalist abducted, unconfirmed reports suggest he has been freed
Keshav Bohara was abducted by an unknown group in the mid-western district of Pyuthan.
CEHURDES expresses concern over holding back of newsprint in India
Indian authorities have been withholding a shipment of 1,000 metric tonnes of newsprint that Kantipur Publications needs to continue publishing.
CEHURDES condemns burning of newspapers, disruption in distribution
Pro-Maoist cadres burnt copies of “Nagarik” and “Republica” dailies for publishing a news report alleging Maoist involvement in the abduction of a doctor.
Journalists attacked by Maoist supporters
Two journalists and a camera operator were harassed and attacked while covering anti-government demonstrations led by Maoist party supporters.
People of Nepal are unable to enjoy World Press Freedom Day, says CEHURDES
CEHURDES provides a recap of the state of press freedom and calls for the promulgation of the constitution.
CEHURDES condemns torching of newspaper copies
Activists of the Hindu Yuva Sangh organisation set fire to copies of “Kantipur”, “Annapurna Post” and “Pratik” newspapers.
Burma Action Group urges UN General Assembly, ASEAN to appeal for release of political prisoners and to call for an end to human rights abuses
The Burma Action Group welcomed the recent prisoners’ release while urging caution in considering this an indicator of an improved human rights situation.
Twenty-one organisations, including fifteen IFEX members, condemn guilty verdict, extended detention for Aung San Suu Kyi
(SEAPA/IFEX) – The Burma Action Group, comprising 21 organisations that are members and partners of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), condemns the guilty verdict and 18-month extended house arrest meted out to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 August 2009. We join the international community in rejecting this judgment, and […]
Forty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Chief Ebrimah Manneh
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty-five IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on The Gambian government to enforce an ECOWAS court judgement of the journalist’s case.
Journalist Shantiram Acharya arrested, sentenced to seven and a half years in prison
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES) condemns the imprisonment of Shantiram Acharya, a young Bhutani journalist, by the Bhutanese authorities. According to the Association of Press Freedom Activists (APFA) Bhutan, an exiled Bhutanese media group based in Kathmandu, Acharya, a Bhutanese of Nepali origin who was living in the refugee […]
Police open fire on individuals protesting assault on journalist, killing at least three
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – CEHURDES is concerned by the physical assault perpetrated on a journalist in Kailali, a district in the far-western region of the country, by militants of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) on 27 May 2008, and is shocked by the subsequent fatal shooting by police of civilians protesting the incident the next day. […]