KATHMANDU, May 11: Press freedom violations are on the rise in Nepal. According to the report prepared by the Freedom Forum, there has been an increase in press freedom violations during the period of one year from May 2023 to April 2024.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Freedom Forum has drawn serious attention to the extreme misuse of the Press Council Nepal against press freedom and journalists’ rights in Nepal. The Press Council Nepal, an agency that monitors media content, has once again sought a national daily a 24-hour explanation as to why it published a cartoon about former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli.

KATHMANDU, June 14: Freedom Forum, an NGO that promotes press freedom in Nepal, has expressed concerns over the use of cybercrime by the government authorities as a new weapon to suppress voices of journalists, writers and comedians.

KATHMANDU, May 25: At a time when journalists and media stakeholders are protesting various provisions in the Media Council Bill now registered in parliament , the press freedom advocacy organization Freedom Forum has suggested amendments to 20 provisions in 15 sections of the bill.