Freedom Forum

In advance of the Formula 1, 50 IFEX members and partners call for detained activists and human rights defenders to be freed, including blogger and activist Abduljalil Al-Singace and human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of IFEX member the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, who is ailing in prison since starting a hunger strike on 8 February.

*Journo Bhandari Attacked * Yet again, a journalist was attacked by an unknown gang in Pokhara, western city of Nepal, on April 4, 2012. Pranil Bhandari, news reporter and newsreader at the *Machhapuchhre FM* was attacked while returning home from office in the night. Talking to Media Monitoring Desk of Freedom Forum, his colleague, Laxmi […]

Umesh Mehta was threatened after reporting on a local citizen’s attempt to influence voters by inviting them to a feast.

Sashi Bichitra believes the threats may be linked to his reports on organised smuggling in Sarlahi district.

While press freedom violations were down, fear among journalists remained unabated, according to Freedom Forum.

Five journalists were beaten and verbally assaulted when they tried to cover a public event involving a religious figure.

The smugglers detained the journalists for two hours and threatened to kill them if they reported on the smuggling and deforestation.

Assailants broke into the office of the “Dristhi” paper and stole a hard disk containing all of the weekly’s documents.