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Nepal: Restrictive social media legislation, targeting of journalists and excessive force at protests put freedoms at risk
Published at
22.05.2025
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Nepal: Activists and online critics arrested to stifle dissent as journalists remain at risk
Published at
18.11.2024
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Nepal: Human rights defenders, media group chair targeted to silence dissent while protests disrupted
Published at
10.06.2024
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
Nepal: Civic freedoms at risk with Tik Tok ban, social media directive and targeting of journalists and protesters
Published at
02.02.2024
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
Nepal: Environmental defenders at risk, journalists targeted and concerns around the new cyber security policy
Published at
29.09.2023
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
Nepal: Authorities continue to target journalists, stifle protests and seek to increase surveillance powers
Published at
05.06.2023
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- violent protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Police disrupt protest in Dhangadhi while attacks on press freedom persist in Nepal
Published at
31.12.2022
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest
Arrests, excessive force around protests in Nepal while journalists remain at risk
Published at
05.09.2022
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Excessive force used against protesters while journalists at risk in Nepal
Published at
16.03.2022
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Arbitrary arrest of activists, excessive use of force and targeting of journalists in Nepal
Published at
28.10.2021
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Critics and media face harassment amid political and COVID-19 crisis in Nepal
Published at
16.06.2021
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained