13 November, Kathmandu. The Federation of Nepalese Journalists and the Press Council of Nepal have requested that the motion taken by the Nepal Police in opposition to the journalist Gajendra Rai is in opposition to the regulation and that the problem of the Council’s territorial rights needs to be given to them.
Council president Balkrishna Basnet, member Deepak Pandey, president of Nepal Journalist Federation Vipul Pokharel, normal secretary Roshan Puri and others made such a request whereas reaching the general public prosecutor’s workplace Babarmahal and assembly fellow lawyer Achyutkrishna Neupane.
In the assembly, they stated that it’s not acceptable for the police to take motion on the contents of the formally run media, protecting in thoughts the truth that journalist Rai’s media is formally registered with the Press Council.
“If you aren’t glad with the content material within the media, the way in which to discover a resolution is the press council,” stated the council chairman Basnet within the assembly. But opposite to this authorized system, they’re making an attempt to harass journalists by imposing legal guidelines beneath cyber crime. It is just not good to be like this.’
In the assembly, the President of the Federation of Journalists, Vipul Pokharel, expressed his concern over the rising variety of arrests of journalists utilizing the legal guidelines beneath cybercrime, and stated that this may hurt the nation’s democratic system and freedom of the press.
General Secretary of the Federation, Roshan Puri, talked about that the private grievance of an officer throughout the police group was additionally related with the matter of journalist Gajendra Rai, and stated that the police mustn’t act to carry your entire group into disrepute due to one individual.
Journalist Rai was arrested from Gaighat by the Cyber Bureau of the police on Friday relating to the information and video revealed within the on-line journal he operated. At current, Cyber Bureau has stored him within the custody of Darbarmarg Police Office.
The Federation of Nepalese Journalists, Federation of Tribal Journalists, Kirat Rai Journalists Association and others have issued a press release demanding the discharge of journalist Rai.