report in Daily Mirror, Oct 23, 2023The Bar Association, media institutions, advocacy groups, and more than 40 other petitioners challenged the Online Safety Bill in a two-day hearing before the Supreme Court judges Priyantha Jayawardhene, Achala Wengappuli, and Shiran Gunarathne last week. The petitioners warned that the Bill provides very little online safety but is drafted to stop people from expressing ideas and views on the internet and social media. They showed how the Bill…
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report in Daily Mirror, Oct 23, 2023The Bar Association, media institutions, advocacy groups, and more than 40 other petitioners challenged the Online Safety Bill in a two-day hearing before the Supreme Court judges Priyantha Jayawardhene, Achala Wengappuli, and Shiran Gunarathne last week. The petitioners warned that the Bill provides very little online safety but is drafted to stop people from expressing ideas and views on the internet and social media. They showed how the Bill…
report in Prothom Alo, July 15, 2023Speakers at a human chain in Dhaka have said the Digital Security Act (DSA) is posing risks to journalism and creating an environment of fear for media outlets as well as freedom of expression. The law is working as a shield for injustice. Despite repeated assurances from the government, journalists are consistently being harassed through the act, they alleged. Journalists from different media outlets, under the banner ‘We are…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 1, 2023The Federation of Nepali Journalists has said 2022 was very challenging in terms of freedom of the press and expression in Nepal. The federation says fresh challenges to press freedom have been added as new means have been adopted to curb freedom of the press with the advancement of new technology. “People or groups disagreeing with the news have started attacking media organisations and journalists through a different…