The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Nepal National Committee today denounced a ban imposed on the screening of three Sri Lankan films at Film Southasia (FSA) 2013, a festival of South Asian documentaries currently taking place in Kathmandu. Nepal’s Ministry of Information and Communication reportedly ordered the organisers of FSA 2013 to remove from the schedule […]

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Nepal National Committee today urged Nepal’s government to refrain from applying the Electronic Transaction Act, 2008 in breach of fundamental press freedom principles, which the committee said would create an environment adverse to freedom of expression. Police arrested Nepali journalist Dinesh Acharya, editor of the Share Bazar weekly, on Sept. […]

The International Press Institute’s (IPI) Nepal National Committee today urged the Nepal government to immediately release journalist Sushil Pant and online portal owner Santosh Bhattarai, who were arrested in the capital Kathmandu on June 20. Guest editor of the online portal www.nepaliheadlines.com, Pant, and Bhattarai, the owner, were arrested by Nepali police for publishing a […]

The International Press Institute’s (IPI) Nepal National Committee today expressed deep concern over a reported press-freedom violation that occurred in Kathmandu on June 17, 2013. According to reports, Nepal Television reporter Subhadra Gautam, cameraperson Shiva Pangeni, and driver Lalit Bahadur Khatri were attacked by a group of people while reporting on the government raid of […]