Kathmandu, Nepal, November 15, 2021: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of Nepalese journalists, has condemned the move that restricted journalists from collecting news in and outside the Supreme Court (SC) premises.
Issuing a press statement on Monday, the FNJ General Secretary Roshan Puri has condemned the move stating that court and police administration not only obstructed but misbehaved with the journalists while collecting news regarding stalemate seen in judiciary in recent times.
Since the SC judges have been boycotting the benches and Nepal Bar Associating (NBA) staging protests demanding resignation of Chief Justice Cholendra Samsher Rana since three weeks, the journalists have also thronged at the SC premises to collect the news.
The act is condemnable and it has interfered the constitutional independence and rights of the journalists, the FNJ has stated in the press release as the Police and SC administration had restricted the journalists even to entering in the SC premises to collect the news.
The FNJ also urged the concerned stake holders to help create an environment for independent journalism respecting the constitutional freedom of FNJ and journalists.
