June
2005 - Press Release
 Reporters
Without Borders backs a new Nepalese-language blog Nepal |
Reporters
Without Borders is supporting a just launched Nepali-language news blog
Nepal Info on http://nepalinfo.civiblog.org which it is hoped will help
counter tight censorship in the kingdom.
The
royal government has continued to censor and harass the Nepalese media,
despite the lifting of the state of emergency. A number of initiatives
and campaigns have been started to try to break out of the deadlock imposed
by King Gyanendra since 1st February 2005, the organisation said.
In
an editorial, the Nepalese journalists running the blog condemn repeated
government and Maoist attacks against press freedom. They are calling on
all Nepalese, wherever they live, to speak out.
"We
are trying to disseminate uncensored news without any political bias. We
are also supporting peaceful solutions to the crisis, maintaining human
rights and press freedom as the first priority," the editorial said.
Nepal
Info is written entirely in Nepalese (Kantipur font) with headlines of
articles translated into English. It intends to post news and commentary
on the current situation in Nepal.
The
blog's journalists are calling on Internet-users to send in comments on
the online articles and to send contributions in Nepalese to nepalinfoblog@yahoo.com.
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