Conflict Journalism

KATHMANDU, Oct 10 - Journalist bodies Monday slammed the government for introducing the press ordinance aimed at imposing restrictions on the media. King Gyanendra promulgated the new ordinance named "Ordinance amending some Nepal Acts related to Media-2062" on Sunday causing many to fear that the government is tightening its grip on the free press. "We strongly condemn the government's ill...

Journalists reporting on the conflict in Iraq, a humanitarian crisis in Sudan, the plight of children in Uganda's insurrection and a deadly school hostage siege in Russia have been honoured with the annual Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents. Jim MacMillan, a photographer for the Associated Press (AP) who covered fighting between Iraqi insurgents and US troops in the holy city of Najaf, won first...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing more than 500,000 journalists in over 110 countries, has condemned the intentional neglect and mistreatment of an imprisoned Nepali journalist that lead to the journalist's death. On October 4, Nepali journalist Maheshwor Pahari, died from tuberculosis after authorities repeatedly refused Pahari’s pleas for...

New York, October 5, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today held the Nepalese authorities responsible for the death of an imprisoned reporter who died after being denied proper medical treatment. Maheshwar Pahari, 30, who worked for the weekly Rastriya Swabhiman, died of tuberculosis on Tuesday, according to local journalist groups. Pahari died in a hospital in Pokhara, 80 miles (130...

WASHINGTON – Army officials this week issued new warnings to soldiers about posting personal stories from combat zones on the Internet and taking photos at overseas bases, saying those actions could jeopardize troops’ security. The list of prohibited activities includes taking photos of Defense Department facilities, posting any official Defense Department information and releasing information...

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has condemned a series of recent measures by King Gyanendra's government that discriminate against the independent press, especially new directives determining how state advertising will be allocated to the media. "Nepal's independent media have in turn been the victims of threats, discrimination and repression, but they have continued to resist all of the government's arbitrary...

An Aljazeera cameraman, held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, has been promised release if he spies on his colleagues at the channel, Britain's The Guardian newspaper reports. The Guardian reported on Monday that the US military told Sami Muhyi al-Din al-Hajj that he would be released as long as he agreed to spy on journalists at Aljazeera. In documents seen by the Guardian newspaper, al-Hajj...

Irked by the partial classification of newspapers, a group of publishers, editors and journalists on Friday, forced the Chairman of Press Council Nepal (PCN) Mathvar Singh Basnet off his chair and locked his office protesting against PCN's "unfair and biased" classification of newspapers, reports on Saturday said. Journalists from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, who had reached the PCN office...

KATHMNANDU, Sept. 23: About 2,881 newspapers and journals have been registered in the country during the fiscal year 061-062. Out of this, only 557 newspapers are published. And only 322 of them are said to be regular, it is stated in the 30th annual report of the Nepal Press Council. The Council has been issuing the annual report every year. Among the newspapers, those in ‘A’ category are...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing more than 500,000 journalists in over 110 countries, has welcomed the release of journalist Harihar Singh Rathour, but is deeply concerned for the safety of journalists in the Dailekh district. On September 21, journalist Harihar Singh Rathour was released from police custody in Dailekh District after being...