Posted by: ashu April 28, 2005
Achievements of new govt
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The government's Achievement Number 16: The Committee to Protect Journalists, the CPJ, brought out a report Thursday titled ?A Country Silenced,? describing the situation of the press in Nepal after the King?s royal takeover of Feb. 1. The report says that the government forces shut down news reporting on the country?s 46 FM radio stations, which according to it is the main source of information in rural and remote areas. The CPJ report also said lucrative government advertising to the private media had been shut off. Up to 2,000 journalists have been left jobless by the government?s measures, and the number could climb, said the CPJ. The report according to the CPJ, a New-York based international press watchdog, describes ?the deteriorating press conditions in the three months since the King dismissed the multiparty government and declared a state of emergency.?
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