Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)

The IFJ joins its affiliate the FNJ in expressing serious concerns over the arrests of several journalists in recent weeks in Nepal.

Photojournalist Kabin Adhikari was attacked by police in Kathmandu as he photographed the arrest of protesters inside the government’s main administrative premises, the Singha Durbar.

Civil society groups express concern over the potential for overbroad anti-extremism practices to limit free expression

The secretary of the FNJ district committee sustained injuries and his camera was destroyed when he was attacked by police personnel. In another incident, two journalists were attacked by protestors.

The IFJ joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in expressing concern over the escalating violence against media and journalists amidst the ongoing political unrest in Nepal.

Six years after Nepalese journalist Uma Singh was killed by an armed gang, a district court has sentenced the mastermind in the case to life in prison.

In the midst of heated constitutional debate, opposition parties organised a general shutdown and journalists were at the receiving end of resulting tensions.

The IFJ joins the FNJ in welcoming the Supreme Court verdict to imprison a perpetrator in the rape of a female journalist, but has criticised the slow trial process which left the victim waiting seven years for justice.