Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)

(FNJ/IFEX) – On 31 July 2006, a group of about 150 individuals brought work to a complete halt at the Kantipur media complex for over three hours. They were protesting against Kantipur Television’s (KTV’s) news bulletin on the killing of karate player Rakesh Gurung by Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Bahadur Adhikari on the night of […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – The following is an FNJ press release: Maoists express commitments to press freedom Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, has expressed Maoists’ commitment towards press freedom, multiparty democracy and human rights. Addressing an interaction organized by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) in the capital on Thursday (29th June 2006), the Maoist […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 June 2006 FNJ capsule report: Nepalese Media After Restoration of Democracy The Nepalese media sector, which has been fighting for its survival following the royal coup of 1 February 2006 has received breathing space following the restoration of democracy. During the royal regime, the government had been trying […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – An unidentified group that came on motorbikes attacked Manoj Khanal, chief editor of the national weekly “Balan Times”, at around 8:50 p.m. (local time) on 10 June 2006 at Siraha, southeastern Nepal. He was attacked in relation to an article about a non-governmental organization, Bhawani Integrated Development. According to Dineshwore Prasad Sharma, President […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – Almost every day of the first week of June 2006, activists demanding that Nepal be once again declared a Hindu state have burned newspapers sent from the capital to Birgunj and some other areas of the Terai region of Nepal. According to “The Himalayan Times” the activists accuse the newspapers of supporting the […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – On 3 June 2006, Gyanendra KC, a central council member of the Dhaulagiri and Myagdi branches of the FNJ and a correspondent of Channel Nepal Television, was struck by a police officer when he approached the District Police Office in Banglung, a western district of Nepal, to investigate a story. A local woman […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – On 29 May 2006 at approximately 1:30 p.m. (local time), Parshu Ghimire, editor of “Tarun Weekly”, was threatened by Deepak Ranjit, of the police’s Crime Investigation Branch, in Hanumandhoka, Kathmandu. The threat was in retaliation for an article published in “Tarun Weekly”, focusing on job transfers within the police department. The article highlighted […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – At 9:30 a.m. (local time) on 16 May 2006, Dinesh Yadav, senior sub editor of Kantipur Publications, was assailed by demonstrators in Kalanki while he was on his way to Sitapaila on a news assignment. The demonstrators stopped his motorcycle and, when he flashed his press card to prove that he was a […]