Full Coverage: Nepal

20.07.2005 In a joint statement, twelve international organisations, including eight IFEX members, have called on all sides of the Nepalese conflict to end attacks and harassment of journalists in the country. The organisations have expressed "grave concern that since 1 February, press freedom and freedom of expression in the country has significantly deteriorated, despite the lifting of the State of Emergency in April."

20.07.2005 UNESCO and twelve other organisations including media groups met high government officials,civil society representatives and media proffesionals of Nepal in order to end all censorship and attacks on the journalists and grant them the freedom of press.

15.07.2005 Despite poverty, poor governance, and a decade of insurgency, small initiatives in Nepal's energy sector are bringing big results. While the planned "mega" projects have stalled, their "micro" counterparts have been successful in bringing eco-friendly energy to Nepal's large remote areas.

13.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 13 (OneWorld) - International agencies must take immediate steps to protect people fleeing Nepal's nine-year guerilla war or they will see the country engulfed in a humanitarian crisis, refugee advocates have warned.

13.07.2005 Nepal's human rights situation has improved only superficially despite the lifting of the state of emergency.

13.07.2005 The decade-long conflict in Nepal has displaced thousands of civilians and the difficulties in accessing rural areas have stalled an effective response. Cooperation between organizations and with the government is necessary to ensure the current situation does not devolve into a humanitarian crisis, explains Refugees International.

12.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 12 (OneWorld) - Edmund Hillary--who with his local guide Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953 became the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest--is urging that the world's highest mountain be classified an endangered site.

09.07.2005 As part of the United Nations' ongoing effort to help find a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nepal, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending his Special Adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, to meet with top officials in the strife-torn Himalayan kingdom.

09.07.2005 From 10 to 16 July 2005, representatives of nine international institutions, including UNESCO, global media associations, freedom of expression advocates and media development organizations, will be visiting Nepal to discuss freedom of expression and media rights issues.

05.07.2005 Forced recruitment of children has now become widespread in Nepal's remote hills as the Maoists recruit "whole-timers," or WTs. Every rural family is forced to send one member as a WT and in many cases it is usually the child who has to join the Maoists.

04.07.2005 Nepal FM radios to defy ban, broadcast protest plans NepalÂ’s private FM radio stations at Kathmandu have decided to defy a ban on news broadcasts .