Journalists freed; protests continue
New York, June 9, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes this morning’s release of more than 50 journalists who were jailed a day earlier in the capital, Kathmandu. The journalists, detained while protesting the government’s restrictive media policies, were not charged and the government offered no explanation.
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JUNE 8, 2005 Posted: June 9, 2005 Many journalists HARASSED, ATTACKED Riot police in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, arrested dozens of journalists who were protesting the government’s emergency press restrictions and proposed media law amendments that are expected to codify and stiffen those constraints. Local sources said police detained as many as 50 journalists, including…
Dozens of journalists arrested in Nepal
New York, June 8, 2005—Riot police in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, today arrested dozens of journalists who were protesting the government’s emergency press restrictions and proposed media law amendments that are expected to codify and stiffen those constraints. Local sources said police detained as many as 50 journalists, including the president of the Federation of…
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JUNE 3, 2005 Posted: June 15, 2005 Bikram Giri, Kantipur ABDUCTED Maoist rebels abducted Giri on June 3 while he was traveling near the village of Changru in the far western Darchula district, according to Kantipur. Giri was released June 10 after the Federation of Nepalese Journalists appealed to the Maoists.
Journalists fight FM radio crackdown
New York, June 2, 2005 – The director of a recently banned radio production and distribution company filed a legal challenge with Nepal’s Supreme Court, inspiring local radio journalists to protest. In his May 30 petition to the court, Communication Corner Director Gopal Guragain said that the government’s May 27 ban was an illegal effort…
Journalists protest in Nepal as further media restrictions are reported
New York, May 24, 2005—Hundreds of journalists took to the streets of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, today in a silent protest of reported government moves to amend the media law to impose further restrictions on the press. The Kathmandu-based dailies Kantipur and Kathmandu Post, citing an unnamed source, reported late last week that officials had moved…
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MAY 19, 2005 Posted: June 7, 2005 Ghodaghodi FM ATTACKED A group of 40 armed men thought to be Maoist rebels stormed the private FM radio station in Attariya, a village in the far western Kailali district, 375 miles west of Kathmandu. The group looted the station’s broadcasting equipment, computers, and furniture valued at US…