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TV Signals Uplink and Downlink Policy
Posted on 17-03-2009 by Admin
The government has formulated a policy on Uplink and Downlink of Satellite Television Signals setting provisions that every channel whether that be free or paying should annually pay Rs. 500 thousand as license fee to downlink their programme in Nepal.

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Open Letter by Members of Global Openness Community Welcoming President Obama's Initiative on Transparency
Posted on 02-02-2009 by Admin
The undersigned organizations, which work around the world to promote the right of access to information, welcome the steps taken by President Barack Obama on his first day in office to reverse recent trends and to promote high standards of openness in government.
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Women Scribe Murdered; Disheartening News in the beginning of 2009
Posted on 12-01-2009 by Admin
An unidentified armed group murdered Uma Singh, 26, a woman journalist for Radio Today in Janakpur, Dhanusha, a mid Tarai district of Nepal at around 12.30 AM tonight on January 11, Sunday. Journalist Singh died on the way while she was brought to the capital for treatment. She is the first Nepali woman journalist killed in the history of Nepali journalism.
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NEPAL PRESS FREEDOM REELING UNDER SERIOUS THREATS AND CONTINUOUS ASSAULTS IN 2008
Posted on 30-12-2008 by Admin
Nepali media and media workers continued to face constant threats to their personal and professional safety and institutional security in the year 2008, experiencing a hard time to freely  exercise constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression and impart information to people. Despite an epoch-making peaceful change in the political atmosphere followed by the establishment of democratic government and successful accomplishment of much-awaited constituent assembly elections, Nepali press and working journalists were hugely subjected to deliberate and organized assaults and atrocities across the country largely from agitating armed outfits in southern planes (Tarai), youth wings associated to various political parties, security personnel and local people. Growing culture of impunity, deteriorating law and order situation, partisan intervention and unprofessional journalism were the major factors contributing to the rising trend of press freedom violations in Nepal.

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SC Orders Amendments in Existing Laws
Posted on 14-11-2008 by Admin
In response to a writ petition registered by Freedom Forum on amendments in laws related to the King, the Apex Court in Nepal on November 13, Thursday issued order to the government to ensure update all prevailing legal provisions with the changed context in the country.
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NIC Furnished Information Breaching Act
Posted on 13-11-2008 by Admin

The National Information Commission (NIC) has provided the information about Chief Commissioner and Commissioners’ property details, association and responsibility in other organization, political involvement, income source and monthly remuneration in NIC on November 5 and 6. However, the NIC has not provided information in appropriate format and time which contravenes the provisions enshrined in the RTI Act-2007.

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Participation in International RTI Conference
Posted on 02-11-2008 by Admin
Chairperson of Freedom Forum and Citizens Campaign for Right to Information (CCRI), Taranath Dahal is leaving for Indian capital New Delhi today to attend a two-day international conference on “Right to Information (RTI) for Reinforcement of Good Governance” organized to mark third anniversary of RTI enforcement in India.
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Ex-premier for Press Freedom
Posted on 15-10-2008 by Admin
Former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala publicly reiterated his pledge to democracy, human rights, freedom of press and individual liberty at a time when the ruling party CPN (Maoist) has been giving confusing remarks over the political system in the recent days.
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Information Demanded on NIC and Office-bearers
Posted on 03-10-2008 by Admin
Keeping in mind that the impartiality, neutrality and judicial conscience of National Information Commission should regularly be scrutinized as it is the public body having open access to all information and records of the State, Freedom Forum has registered an application demanding official information about the Commission and its office-bearers as per the Right to Information (RTI) Act-2008.
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Report on Working Journalists to be made public
Posted on 10-09-2008 by Admin
It is the great achievement on the part of Freedom Forum in the practice of Right to Information (RTI) when Nepal government on Tuesday made public the report of the committee formed to recommend working journalist's minimum wage.
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