Proposed laws in Nepal would stifle press freedom
(World News Austria)

Lawmakers in Nepal should reconsider several proposed laws that would threaten media freedom in the country if passed in their current form, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom said today. The four bills are the Advertisement Regulation Bill, the IT Bill, the Nepal Media Council Bill, and the Public Service Broadcasting Bill. `The biggest problems about the proposed bills are the high fines and long prison terms facing anyone who can be seen as saying something against the government`, Hiranya Joshi, programme manager at the Federation of Nepali Journalists, told IPI. `As for the Media Council, it...