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Nepal attempts to tighten its grip on journalists and social media with new bills
- Published at
- 30.05.2019
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
Restrictive bills still being pushed by Nepali lawmakers as protests around Xi’s visit stifled
- Published at
- 16.10.2019
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- land rights
- indigenous groups
Civil society opposes new social media law in Nepal
- Published at
- 11.07.2016
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- indigenous groups
Bureaucratic restrictions and targetted investigations undermine free expression, activism
- Published at
- 26.10.2016
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
Nepali CSOs concerned by unnecessary legislative amendments
- Published at
- 16.02.2017
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
Women’s rights activist attacked and accused of being a witch
- Published at
- 10.10.2017
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- torture/ill-treatment
Civil society groups condemn malicious slander against prominent WHRD in Nepal
- Published at
- 21.11.2017
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- women
- public vilification
Health rights activist arrested for contempt of court in Nepal
- Published at
- 17.01.2018
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD detained
- protest
- release of HRDs
Tibetan refugees face increasing restrictions on their activism
- Published at
- 17.04.2018
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- attack on journalist
- protest
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- 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:
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- protest disruption
- women
Journalists attacked and threatened
- Published at
- 03.07.2018
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
Press freedom at risk with new Criminal Code restrictions
- Published at
- 16.10.2018
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on journalist
- protest
- criminal defamation
- sexual assault
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- land rights
Activists concerned about plans for new NGO law and other restrictive legislation in Nepal
- Published at
- 23.03.2020
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- political interference
- restrictive law
Protests in Nepal around COVID-19 met with excessive force while journalists face attacks
- Published at
- 03.07.2020
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Despite re-election to Human Rights Council, civic space concerns persist in Nepal
- Published at
- 21.10.2020
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups
- restrictive law
- killing of journalist
- attack on journalist
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
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
Protests disrupted by police, met with excessive force in Nepal as UN reviews its rights record
- Published at
- 05.02.2021
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- 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
Arrests, excessive force around protests in Nepal while journalists remain at risk
- Published at
- 05.09.2022
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- 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
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
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: 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