Challenges for PIR journalists during COVID19
Journalists reporting on public interest issues have shared the problems they faced in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown. In a Zoom meeting…
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Circulation of Open Budget Nepal Survey 2019
Nepal has regressed on Open budget Index as shown on the latest survey report published by the International Budget Partnership’s (IBP). Transparency…
Statement on the COVID-19 response from civil society members of OGP Steering Committee
27th April 2020 The civil society members of Open Government Partnership’s Steering Committee have released a statement on COVID and its risks…
FF CONDEMNS PRESS COUNCIL’S DECISION TO SHUTDOWN ONLINE NEWS PORTALS
Freedom Forum condemns government’s decision to shutdown seventeen additional online news portals on March 31 after the imposing ban on five online news…
FF HAS SERIOUS CONCERN OVER MEDIA SHUTDOWN IN THE NAME OF ‘SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION’
Yet again, Press Council Nepal, a media regulatory body has written letter to Nepal Telecommunication Authority to shutdown publish and broadcast of…
JOURNALISTS ATTACKED FOR REPORTING ABOUT COVID-19
Journalists Manoj Mourbait and Sibendra Rohita were attacked on April 18 (Friday) at 8 PM on Kohalpur of Sahitnagar Municipality-9, Dhanusha. The duo…
Local Government Vigilance via PIR
Local government officials’, contractors’, and user committees’ inauspicious behavior is the major challenge for PublicInterest Reporting (PIR) at local level. This is…
Parenting In Digital Age
Narayan Prasad Ghimire We- the colleagues of mid-30’s and plus 40s- have continued the weekly tea talk, where multifarious issues ranging from…
Proposed laws in Nepal would stifle press freedom
Lawmakers in Nepal should reconsider several proposed laws that would threaten media freedom in the country if passed in their current form,…
‘Access to information enables open local government’
-Krishna Sapkota Implementation of constitutionally and legally guaranteed right to information (RTI) with a focus on its proactive disclosure offers ample opportunities…