Articles by Freedom Forum
Chief Executive of Hong Kong urged to protect freedom of expression
After a series of increasingly violent events, IFEX members and supporters call on Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying to take clear and deliberate steps to defend press freedom.
Nepalese journalist receives death threat over news report
A reporter with “Nagarik” daily in Kathmandu, Nepal, has been receiving death threats following a story on alleged mistreatment at a protection center.
Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan
195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.
Two Nepalese journalists receive threats; activist denied information
Two journalists received death threats in connection with their news reporting in Mahottari, Nepal. The assailants were apprehended although political parties in the district are reported to have piled pressure on the police to release the men.
Concern over Nepal Press Council’s attempt to restrict free expression
Freedom Forum is concerned over a decision by the Press Council Nepal, the state-owned media monitoring body, instructing a television station to stop broadcasting news about a medical college.
Release Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
Following the criminalisation of peaceful protest in Egypt in November 2013, 57 organisations and individuals release joint statement against arrests of Egyptian bloggers and political activists.
Attack on Nepalese editor’s vehicle
An attack on the vehicle of Nepalese editor Pratik Pradhan may have been linked to his vocal condemnation of malpractices and irregularities.
Arson attack on Nepalese newspaper office, journalists threatened
The office of “Tikapur” daily in Nepal was vandalised and set on fire over a news report on a road accident, and the paper’s journalists were threatened publicly with being attacked.