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Recent Incidents

Businesspersons attack reporter in Dhading

| March 26, 2023

Bikash Rauniyar, a correspondent at Galaxy 4K television was attacked on March 25 in Dhading. Dhading lies in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. 

Rauniyar shared with Freedom F...

FF condemns use of force to silence protesters

| March 22, 2023

Photo source: www.setopati.com

Freedom Forum has been concerned over police suppression on a peaceful protest against the government in Kathmandu on March 21. Kathmandu is the fe...

Reporter attacked in Dhangadi

| March 12, 2023

Reporter to Radio Dhangadhi 90.5 MHz and https://dhangadhikhabar.com/, Sher Bahadur Ayer was severely injured in an attacked on March 11. The incident took place in Kailali district, Far-west Provi...


Press Release

Nepal Govt classifies policy level information as 'confidential' and secret, causing serious impact on transparency and denting RTI movement

| January 29, 2023

Freedom Forum is alarmed over the decision of the a Committee for classifiation of information under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal.

The Government Com...

Comedian Singh Arrested

| August 29, 2022

The Kathmandu Metropolitan Police arrested comedian Apoorva Kshitij Singh on August 28, 2022 for his standup comedy. He was arrested for allegedly hurting the sentiment of the Newar community.

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Protestors arrested

| August 03, 2022

A group of youths were arrested for protesting against the ruling government in Kathmandu on August 3. The youth were arrested during protest infront of the Federal Parliament.

The youths...

Journalists Affected

Nepal Press Freedom lists journalists as victims of Violations

  • 458
    Threatened
  • 8
    Murdered
  • 507
    Obstructed
  • 120
    Arrested
  • 2
    Disappearance
  • 622
    Attacked
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How was Press Freedom envisioned?

Nepali media faced unprecedented attack after the Royal Coup of 2005. The hard earned press freedom guaranteed by the constitution of 1990 was endangered. Entire media fraternity, FoE activists, right defenders and civil society were alarmed over the terror spread by Royal move. It was both the opportunity and challenge that the concept of protecting press freedom in an institutionalized manner was begun, resulting in launching of this website www.nepalpressfreedom.org.

Taranath Dahal, Executive Chief , Freedom Forum

What people say?

As a university teacher of Journalism and Mass communications. I frequently recommend my students to visit this website so that they could understand Nepali media landscape, press freedom and FoE issues thoroughly. The reports Freedom Forum produces are often presented as references on FoE and press freedom.

Trishna Acharya, Coordinator and Lecturer, Journalism and Mass Communications, Divyabhumi Multiple College

Why www.nepalpressfreedom.org ?

In view of the hostile atmosphere for the exercise of civil and political rights specially after 2005/2006, the emergence of Freedom Forum and its FoE violation monitoring outlet- www.nepalpressfreedom.org bears significant importance in Nepal. The relentless watch over government policies and laws, monitoring of press freedom violation and advocacy to end impunity for crime against journalists must be continued in Nepal. It is the very need this website has addressed.

Harihar Birahi, Ex- Chair, Press Council Nepal and Ex- Chair, Federation of Nepali Journalists

Event News

WORKSHOP ON JOURNALISM POLICY AND LAWS CONCLUDED

 AUGUST 13, 2008  Biratnagar- Media persons, legal practitioners,...

WORKSHOP ON JOURNALISM POLICY AND LAWS CONCLUDED

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  • Posted On: 2019-09-06 09:13:08

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THIRD REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MEDIA LAWS AND POLICY

 AUGUST 13, 2008  Freedom Forum recently organized a regional leve...

THIRD REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MEDIA LAWS AND POLICY

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MEDIA POLICY AND LAW REGIONAL WORKSHOP

 AUGUST 16, 2008  Participating speakers at a regional workshop or...

MEDIA POLICY AND LAW REGIONAL WORKSHOP

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WESTERN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MEDIA

 AUGUST 16, 2008  It has been felt that there are various shortcom...

WESTERN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MEDIA

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TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON MEDIA POLICY AND LAWS

 AUGUST 25, 2008  Freedom Forum organized a two-day long workshop...

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON MEDIA POLICY AND LAWS

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