Freedom Forum is a prominent non-governmental organization in Nepal dedicated to institutionalizing democracy, protecting and promoting human rights, press freedom, freedom of expression, right to information, promoting audit accountability, open and accountable budget, public finance reforms, citizen engagement in public finance management and citizen participation in audit. Established in February 2005, the organization emerged in response to the political turmoil following Former King Gyanendra’s coup dated February 1, 2005, which imposed severe restrictions on media and democratic rights. A group of media professionals, legal experts, and academics founded Freedom Forum to safeguard Nepal’s hard-earned democratic freedoms during this repressive period.
Violations of Freedom of Expression and Opinion during First Round of Local Election in Nepal
This report is prepared by Freedom Forum Nepal during the first round of local level election, June 2017 in Nepal. FF kept on monitoring FoE during election since it largely manifests the citizen's freedom of expression through ballots. So, any activity creating the atmosphere unfavourable to elections obviously is associated to the violation of freedom of expression.
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