freedom1 Forum has brought forth the review of the National Mass Communications Policy 2016. It has shown various weaknesses in the Policy including negative restrictions, no mention of foreign investment in Nepali media, failure to link policy with the citizen and social accountability of the policy, baseless allocation of the of radio frequency, non-accommodative nature of the policy as not mentioning well about film, editorial independence, relations between publisher and reporter in a print media, little mention of social media, need of registering internet-based media, and other multifarious issues. Please find the review in English inhttp://freedom1forum.org.np/publications/reports/media-monitoring-reports/
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.
