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Censorship Online Media Directives ill-intended, needs immediate scrapping22 Jun, 2016 The Government of Nepal recently approved the Online Media Operation Directives 2016 which grossly violates citizens’ right to freedom of expression and media freedom. It truly reflects government’s attempt to control media. It is quite astonishing that the Directives has been brought under the Good Governance (Management and Operation) Act rather than acknowledging it as a platform of freedom of expression. It is sheer recklessness and baloney on the part of the government to bring the Directive under the Good Governance Act. At a time when the online media have emerged as the most vibrant, quick and convenient media in the country bolstering freedom of expression, promoting information culture and creating debate and discourse on multifarious issues, the government’s attempt to limit online media with the Directives is egregiously against democratic principles and values. The government by issuing the Directives has bypassed the parliament. Every rule and act should be framed in line with constitution, but it is against this norm. The Directive has not only asked the new online media to get registered before operation, but also directed the existing online portals of the newspapers, radio, television, and other production houses to be registered within 60 days. Clause 21 of the Directives allows the State to disrupt website if a) online media is found operated without registration or annual renewal, b) materials deemed unpublishable is published or broadcast, and c) any act deemed against Directives or applicable laws. Clause 6 of the Directive also mentions that if the online media fails to renew annually, the service of the online media shall be obstructed. These provisions have obviously empowered the State agency’s arbitrary power of censorship. The Department of Information is the State agency where the online media should be registered and renewed, says the Directives. And if any media fails to get renewed within stipulated time, it shall be blocked as the Directive states. Needless to say, the censorship provision is against the constitutional rights of the citizens. The Constitution of Nepal 2015, in Article 19, ensures no prior censorship, no closure/seizure or cancellation of registration for contents and no obstruction in the means of communication under the right to communication. Therefore, this Directives has attempted to shrink the constitutional rights. The regulation of the media content is looked after by other laws. So, the online media can neither be protected nor promoted by the State. The accreditation of online is unnecessary. Finally, there is no option but the cancellation of this Directive. No amendment but immediate scrapping. Unless it is scrapped, it tampers the voice of the voiceless and the individual liberty. All aware citizens and the civil society must speak against this ill-intended and ill-timed Directives. (The author, Taranath Dahal, is the former chairperson of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and currently chairs Freedom Forum, Nepal.) Written By 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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Nepal संयुक्त मधेसी मोर्चाले लगाएको बन्देजप्रति महासंघको गम्भीर आपत्ति28 Oct, 2015 आन्दोलनरत संयुक्त मधेसी मोर्चाले बाराका सञ्चारमाध्यमलाई मोर्चाबाहेक अन्यको विज्ञापन, शुभकामना लागयतका सामग्री प्रकाशन–प्रसारण गर्न बन्देज लगाएकोमा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ गम्भीर आपत्ति प्रकट गर्दछ । मोर्चाले कात्तिक १० गते एक विज्ञप्ति प्रकाशित गरी यस्तो बन्देज लगाएको छ । कुनै पनि बहानामा सञ्चारमाध्यममाथि यस किसिमले बन्देज लगाउनु प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रतामाथिको हस्तक्षेप हो । महासंघ बारामा सञ्चारमाध्यममाथि लगाइएको बन्देल तत्काल हटाई प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको निर्वाध उपभोगको वातावरण निर्माण गर्न सरकार र आन्दोलनरत पक्षलाई आह्वान गर्दछ । साथै, मधेसमा जारी आन्दोलनको सम्वादका माध्यमबाट छिटोभन्दा छिटो निष्कर्षमा पुर्याउन पनि महासंघ सरकार र आन्दोलनकारी पक्षलाई पुनः आह्वान गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 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