On the State of Media Violence in Nepal

Abstract

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Jason Miklian and Ingvill Håkås Tveite are Researchers at the International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Notes 1 FNJ, ‘Press Freedom: One Year of Loktantra’. English version available at http://www.fnjnepal.org/downloads/English.pdf (Accessed July 8, 2007). 2 http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jul/jul01/news05.php (Accessed July 10, 2007). 3 Sharma is the Executive Chairman of the Gorkhaptra Corporation, Baral is the Chairman of the Nepal Television Corporation. 4 See http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jul/jul23/news06.phpandhttp://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=116655 (Accessed July 25, 2007). 5 One missing is Prakash Thakuri, a Royalist-leaning journalist from Mahendranagar. His whereabouts are still unknown at the time of publication, at http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jul/jul11/news01.php(Accessed July 25, 2007). 6 Compiled from FNJ press releases, at http://www.fnjnepal.org/news_alert.php (Accessed August 1, 2007). 7 International Federation of Journalists, ‘IFJ Concerned Over Continuing Attacks on Journalists in Nepal’, at http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=5127&Language=EN (Accessed July 16, 2007). 8 Reporters Sans Frontiers, ‘At Least 72 Journalists Attacked or Threatened by Armed Groups Since Start of the Year’, at http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article_22448 (Accessed July 27, 2007). 9 For one of the many examples, see http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jul/jul23/news06.php. (Accessed July 28, 2007). 10 See for details, at http://www.fnjnepal.org/ebulletin_detail.php?id=27 (Accessed August 1, 2007). 11 See http://www.fnjnepal.org/news_alert_detail.php?id=144 (Accessed August 1, 2007). 12 For two of the many examples, see at http://www.ifex.org/alerts/content/view/full/81676/andhttp://www.fnjnepal.org/news_alert_detail.php?id=160 (Accessed August 1, 2007). 13 All examples taken from the official Federation of Nepali Journalists website at http://www.fnjnepal.org/news_alert.php (Accessed August 1, 2007). 14 ‘PM Says He Will Not “Tolerate” Attacks on Press Freedom’, at http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2007/jul/jul22/news15.php (Accessed July 22, 2007).