"Media Under Dictatorship - Fighting For Press Freedom and Democracy in Nepal."
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Media Under Dictatorship - Fighting For Press Freedom and Democracy in Nepal
In an interview Mahatma Gandhi had said, "You must make injustice visible." There is no denying the contribution Nepali journalists have made to make the injustices in Nepal visible at home and to the world, even if it routinely puts their own lives at risk.
Today, Nepal has one of the world's worst press-freedom. And Journalists,along with Lawyers, were the first to organize the bigger protests after 1 Feb. 2005. The Federation of Nepali Journalists, representing more than 5000 journalists in Nepal, has fought for press-freedom and democracy in Nepal persistently since. This Sunday, we have two speakers from Nepal in New York to talk about "Media Under Dictatorship - Fighting For Press Freedom and Democracy in Nepal."
We hope you will come to hear a different side of the movement for democracy in Nepal. Funds raised through the event will be used to purchase helmets and PRESS jackets, which will then be handed over to journalists in Nepal through the Federation of Nepali Journalists.
Time: Sunday, 23 April 2006, 2:00 PM
Venue: Nepali Mandir, 34-11 62ST 2FL, Woodside, NY-11377
Ph: 718- 271 3066 / 718 429 0313
Speaker 1, Kiran Nepal: Editor of Himalkhabar.com, Nepal's premier online news portal in Nepali language. Special Correspodent for Himal Khabarpatrika, Nepal's largest socio-political magazine.
Speaker 2, Dinesh Wagle: Founder of blog.com.np (United We Blog!for a Democratic Nepal). Journalist for Kantipur, Nepal's largest daily, and its sisters publciation Nepal, a weekly magazine.
Organized by Nepali Aawaz, the international alternate-weekly since October 2005.
