FF urges Press Council to adopt transparent measure of content monitoring
Freedom Forum has come to know that Press Council Nepal blacklisted an English language daily, The Himalayan Times, and its online edition…
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Political cadre arrested over symbolic protest
Nepal police arrested Nirajan Bam, leader of a youth wing of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, for torching a political leader’s photo today…
FoE and artistic freedom violated
The Central Board of Film Censor restricted the use of a content in the movie Rajaganj before its release. The board granted…
IFEX calls on Nepalese government to revise punitive new Media Council and Social Media bills
The International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and its member organizations stand in solidarity with Freedom Forum, expressing concerns over the Media…
FF requests govt for extension of time to submit feedback on AI Policy draft, urges multi-stakeholders for comments
Freedom Forum welcomes the National Artificial Intelligence Policy (draft), 2025 unveiled by the government. Releasing the policy draft, the Ministry of Communications…
Orientations to province mechanisms for FoE protection
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conducted orientations to the province mechanisms for protection of freedom of expression (FoE) and journalists’ safety…
FF urges Council to not go beyond its jurisdiction while monitoring content on social media
Press Council blacklisted four news media; Trinetra weekly, YoHo Television, Koshipost.com and khojtalasonline.com for allegedly publishing contents against the journalistic code of…
Reporter killed in Kailali district
Right to Information activist and reporter at Sudurpati online media Suresh Bhul was beaten to death on November 9 in Kailali. Kailali…
Taskforce meet on journalists’ safety
A taskforce under the Journalists’ Safety Mechanism (Directive on Formation of Safety Mechanism and Work Procedure for the Protection of Freedom of…
Two journalists awarded three months’ imprisonment on contempt of court case
The Supreme Court of Nepal handed down three months’ imprisonment each to Publisher Yubaraj Kandel and Executive Editor of an online news…