Rupandehi, Aug 26, Progressive Journalists Association, Nepal has called on the side concerned to immediately implement the Working Journalists Act.
Making public the decisions of the Association’s meeting held for two days in Tilottama and Butwal of Rupandehi through a press release here today, Association’s president Narayan Sharma stated that the meeting demanded that the government should forward the bill related to the Press only after holding discussion with the stakeholders concerned.
He added that the meeting also decided to back the movement undertaken by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) for upholding the freedom of the Press and expression. Likewise, the meeting concluded that the working style of the police in arresting TV programme presenter Rabi Lamichhane and journalist Yubaraj Kandel from the News 24 TV channel’s office itself in connection to the death of journalist Shalikram Pudasaini was not appropriate.
It urged the side concerned to conduct a fair and impartial judicial investigation into the incident, and to make the facts public. The meeting has decided to convene the Association’s first national convention within June 15, 2020.
In view of this convention, the Association will conduct a nation-wide organizational campaign within April next year, and hold the district convention in all the districts and fix the date for the national convention within October 17, 2019.
The Association also passed a condolence motion on the untimely death in a road accident of Rupandehi-based journalist Dialsan Adhikari, extending condolences to the members of the bereaved family.
