Articles by Freedom Forum
One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.
Media threatened, some newspapers closed
The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities recently threatened to boycott media outlets that negatively report on federalism.
Journalists intimidated, harassed while covering protests
With the 27 May 2012 deadline for the constitution promulgation fast approaching in the country, individuals in various regions have mounted pressure programs in a bid to have their demands addressed in the new constitution.
Freedom Forum media monitoring report, March – April 2012
A journalist’s murder spread shock waves among the Nepali media, Freedom Forum reports.
Twenty-seven IFEX members call for investigation into brutal attacks on journalists
Twenty-seven IFEX members appeal for end to impunity in recent brutal attacks on journalists in Kazakhstan, including near-fatal attack on Luqpan Akhmedyarov in April.
news alert
*Police attack RSS Journalist* A journalist with the National News Agency (RSS) of Nepal, Ratna Shrestha, was attacked by police persons while making news about a road accident in Bhaktpur, a neighbouring district of Kathmandu, on April 23, 2012. According to journalist Shrestha, he was baton charged by police persons while he was taking picture […]
Colonel warns of physical action on journalist Gautam
Freedom Forum has been concerned over the threat of action by a security person on a journalist in Nepalgunj, city in the southern plan of the Midwestern region of Nepal on April 17, 2012. Colonel Raju Nepali warned of physical action on district correspondent with the Nagarik daily, Dinesh Gautam for publishing a news story […]
Editor and photojournalist receive death threat
Rajendra Adhikari and Bandu Raj Parajuli were threatened by a member of a workers’ union after reporting on a transportation syndicate.