Censorship (Nepal)

Kabir Rana

Country Nepal  State Central  Violation Type Censorship  Target Journalist

The Election Commission issued a circular directing the Press Council of Nepal (PCN) to produce a newspaper editor over critical news. The EC on July 31 wrote to PCN ‘to present the chief editor of the Deshantar weekly before the EC within three days’ for clarification on two news items that the constitutional body claimed to be ‘false’ and ‘baseless’. The news items in question were published on July 23 and 30 accusing the EC of financial misconduct. The EC also directed PCN to take action against the Chief Editor Kabir Rana.