Nepal’s Kamana Publication Group (KPG) and the Nepal chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) announced they will award this year’s “Bhusan Journalism Award” to ten conflict-affected journalists and their families as a token of assistance. The award carries a purse of Rs 100,000 (US$ 1,500), which will be distributed equally among the ten journalists. […]

Condemning the 11 August slaying by Maoist rebels of reporter Dekendra Raj Thapa, the IPI Nepal National Committee urged the Maoists to refrain from such inhuman activities. The IPI Nepal Chapter announced that it was donating Rs 15,000 (approx. US$ 200) to Thapa’s family. On 18 August, members of the IPI Nepal National Committee also […]

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, today gave a commitment to an IPI Press Freedom Delegation that “the Government of Nepal has no intention to re-impose a nationwide State of Emergency”. This puts to rest speculations that the Government was about to take this measure in response to the recent spate of […]

H.E. Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister Kathmandu Nepal Vienna, 28 June 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the killing – apparently in jail after being tortured – of journalist Krishna Sen. According to IPI’s sources, Mr. Sen, editor of the pro-Maoist […]