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Press Statement Nepal: Article disappears from Kathmandu Press website06 Apr, 2020 A Kathmandu Press article highlighting an alleged scam involving high level government employee and the sons of the defence minister and the prime minister’s chief advisor was removed from the Kathmandu Press website without their approval. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, the Nepal Press Union (NPU) and Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), condemn the illegal removal of the news story and call on the Nepal government to investigate the incident. Shiran Technologies who developed the Kathmandu Press website removed the article on April 1 citing immense pressure from ‘above’. The article, first published on March 31 alleged the prime minister, KP Sharma Oli’s IT consultant, Ali Asgar, the son of Oli’s chief advisor Bishnu Rimal and the son of the defence minister Ishwar Pokhrel were involved in a controversial medical equipment purchase contract to a company without any competitive bidding. The Nepal government scrapped the agreement to purchase medical equipment the day the article was removed. Although Kathmandu Press warned the company to not remove the story, Shiran Technologies removed the article and disabled the site for two hours between 2pm – 4pm on April 1. According to a My Republica news article, it is alleged Biswas Dhakal, president of F1 Soft International. and Asgar Ali, founder and director of F1 Soft International exerted pressure on Shiran Technologies to remove the article. F1 Soft International owns a number of companies including Shiran Technologies. Kathmandu Press re-uploaded the news article on April 2. Kosmos Bishwokarma, the editor in chief of the Kathmandu Press said: “the removal of the news story in kathmandupress.com is a blatant violation of media rights that involved the IT adviser of the Prime Minister who owns the IT company, and who was also the subject of the story”. A group of media editors and the Online Journalists’ Association issued a statement condemning the illegal removal of news article. FNJ said: “Overt pressurize to remove the news- story by using state- power is blatant violation of constitutionally enshrined right to freedom of expression and the press.” “We condemn the illegal removal of the news- story and demand independent investigation into the incident”, FNJ added. NPU said: “The Involvement of the Prime Minister’s office in the illegal removal of the news story is against the spirit of the constitution of Nepal and violates the right to freedom of expression and the press. NPU urges the KP Oli administration to punish the guilty”. IFJ said: “The removal of the article suggests the government poses an underlying threat to journalists and the media who seek to hold the administration accountable. The IFJ urges the Nepal government to commission an independent inquiry to prevent any further government intervention.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement नेपाल ः प्रेस विज्ञप्ती03 Apr, 2020 काठमाडौंबाट प्रकाशित हुँदै आएको काठमाडौं प्रेस डटकम (www.kathmandupress.com) मा प्रकासित ‘महंगोमा स्वास्थ्य सामग्री खरिदमा रक्षामन्त्री र प्रधानमन्त्रीका सल्लाहकारका छोराको संलग्नता’ समाचार सम्पादन समूहको जानकारी विना नै न्यूज पोर्टलबाट डिलीट गरिएको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भिर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। सो समाचार प्रकाशन भएदेखि नै प्रधानमन्त्री कार्यालयबाट हटाउन दवाव दिइएकोमा नहटाइए पछि न्यूज पोर्टलको डिजाइन र व्याकइन्ड सेवा दिने कम्पनीलाई प्रभावमा पारी समाचार हटाइएको काठमाडौं प्रेसको दावी छ। सो कम्पनी प्रधानमन्त्रीको सूचना प्रविधी विज्ञको रहेको समेत काठमाडौं प्रेसले जनाएको छ। प्रधानमन्त्री कार्यालय प्रत्यक्ष संलग्न रहेको यो घटनाले लोकतन्त्र, प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको पक्षपाती सबैलाई झस्काएको छ। समाचारमा चित्त नबुझेको अवस्थामा त्यसका बिरुद्ध उपचार खोज्ने कानुनी व्यवस्था हुँदाहुँदै समाचार संस्थामाथि यस किसिमको आक्रमण खेदजनक छ। समाचार संस्थालाई जानकारी नदिइ आफ्नो प्रभावमा रहेको परामर्शदातृ कम्पनीलाई प्रभावमा पारेर समाचार डिलीट गर्ने कार्य साइबर अपराध हो भन्ने हाम्रो ठहर छ। यो घटनाले प्रधानमन्त्री कार्यालय आफूलाई चित्त नबुझेको हकमा कसरी तल्लोस्तरमा ओर्लिएर अधिनायकवादी शैली प्रस्तुत गर्छ भन्ने समेत देखाएको छ। समाचार प्रकाशन गर्ने संस्थाका पत्रकार साथीहरुको व्यक्तिगत सुरक्षामा आँच आउने गरि धम्क्याउँदा पनि नभएपछि साईवर अपराधमा उत्रने प्रधानमन्त्रीको सचिवालयको हर्कत संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपालको संविधानको मर्म र भावना विपरित एवं प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ती स्वतन्त्रताको विरोधी रहेको नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ठहर छ। प्रधानमन्त्री कार्यालयका जुनसुकै पद र ओहोदामा रहेका भएपनि उनीहरुलाई कार्वाहीको दायरामा ल्याउन युनियन प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीको ध्यानाकर्षण गराउँदै प्रसासनसँग जोडदार माग गर्दछ। धन्यवाद । Written By Nepal Press Union Anam Nagar, GPO Box No - 19033 Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: 015244746 Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download