INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 2
Amnesty International Nepal nowadays prompted the government to endegree press liberty allowing journalists an independent
and friendly work environment by amending extreme laws.
& The federal government must maintain press flexibility and correct legal
arrangements that are opposite to the constitutionally guaranteed flexibility of expression, & stated Nirajan Thapaliya, director of AI
& Amnesty International reaffirms its assistance to press liberty
For us, reporters are the front line rights defenders who expose abuses and violations suffered by people
Journalism is much a crime and journalists must much end up being subjects of violence in exercising their occupation
The state should take the obligation for the security of reporters and flexibility of journalism, & he added.
The 26th World Press Liberty
Day this year provides a stark reintellecter of Nepal routine decline from 100th to the 106th position in the World Press Liberty Index as
recorded by Reporters Without Borders, according to the press release.
According to the Federation of Nepali Reporters, 36 journalists have
actually been eliminateed given that 1996, while lots of reporters and editors were arrested, apprehended or fined after the Electronic
Transaction Act came into effect in 2006.
FNJ reported 60 occurrences of violation of press freedom last year.
Past couple of years have
seen tightening of laws and regulations in different countries, including Nepal, focused on restricting the totally free operation of media
and silencing of the dissenting voices critical of the set upment.
Last month, Arjun Giri, a Pokhara-based reporter, was charged under the
Electronic Transaction Act for reporting a case of monetary fraud
In 2018, numerous journalists were jailed under cyber-crime charges
In September, Raju Basnet was arrested merely for posting news on a case of financial fraud in a weekly paper
FNJ has taped the arrest of six journalists in 2018.
& The state should reveal its unflinching assistance to the constitutional promise of
the totally free press and enhance this bleak image of press liberty in Nepal
It is just by making sure the liberty of expression as enshrined in Nepal constitution that Nepal will be able to enhance a complimentary,
reasonable and really democratic society, & included Thapaliya.
