Priority Themes

Human Rights

• Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

• Right to Information
Right to Information

Law on 'Right to Information' Must be Non-Restrictive: Experts A two- day regional workshop on Right to Information concluded in Dhangadhi on Sunday, 1 April, 2007. It was the last of the regional workshop series aimed at promoting awareness on Right to Information and lobbying for an effective law in this regard.

Lawmakers to Lobby for 'Right to Information' Act Legislators in Nepal say they are committed to cooperate with all sectors in bringing a pro-people law to ensure 'Right to Information' in Nepal. Addressing a national seminar on 'Right to Information' in the capital today, they said ensuring citizen' access to public information was indeed very important to consolidate democracy.

Seminar on Social Inclusion in Madhesh Freedom Forum organized a one-day seminar on 'Social Inclusion and Madhesh' in the eastern city of Rajbiraj on 21 August 2007 to facilitate the discussion of social inclusion in the context of Madhesh Movement.

International Right to Know Day in Nepal Freedom Forum organized various programs to mark International Right to Know Day on for the first time in Nepal. Organizations working for right to information all over the world has initiated celebrating 28 September as International Right to Know Day since 2002.