13 July 2005

EIGHT IFEX MEMBERS JOIN INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO NEPAL


Eight IFEX members are visiting Nepal this week as part of an international mission to highlight concerns with authorities over the deteriorating state of free expression in the country and to strengthen links between media and free expression advocates.

ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans Frontières, RSF), the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) are joining representatives of UNESCO and the Danish agency International Media Support (IMS) on the mission, which is visiting the country from 10 to 17 July 2005.

The organisations will meet with government and military officials, journalists and civil society. During their meetings with the government, the delegation will highlight the crucial importance of freedom of expression and media rights as a fundamental component of democratic society and a driver of development and poverty eradication.

The delegation will also visit three rural districts in Nepal to speak with local journalists and regional authorities, and participate in a national conference on freedom of expression and media rights in Kathmandu.

For more information, contact:
- Taranath Dahal or Binod Dhungel: mediaalliancenepal@yahoo.com
- Thomas Hughes, IMS: th@i-m-s.dk
For background information on Nepal, visit: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/155/



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Also from the Communiqué, 13 July 2005

INTERNATIONAL: 2005 TURNING INTO DEADLY YEAR FOR JOURNALISTS: IPI 12 July 2005 TIBET (CHINA): RSF DECRIES CONTINUING CRACKDOWN ON FREE EXPRESSION 13 July 2005 RUSSIA: PUTIN URGED TO END IMPUNITY IN JOURNALISTS' MURDERS 13 July 2005 PERU: ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS INCREASING 13 July 2005 BRAZIL: JOURNALIST MURDERED 13 July 2005 INTERNATIONAL: ETHIOPIA: NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTOR DETAINED 13 July 2005 INTERNATIONAL: IFJ OFFERS CAMPAIGN TOOLKIT ON CRIMINAL DEFAMATION 13 July 2005 TUNISIA: RSF REPORT SLAMS TUNISIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD 13 July 2005 INTERNATIONAL: MISA TO HOLD AGM AND CONFERENCE IN NAMIBIA 13 July 2005 INTERNATIONAL: RORY PECK AWARDS 13 July 2005

Nepal

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