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#FreeExpression Issue 75 is out now! Highlights: 👉Relief & equipment support for affected #journalists 👉FF inputs for Nepal's first Citizen Budget 👉#IDUAI2026 celebration & more. Link: Happy Bijayadashami, Deepawali & Chhath 2083 ! @tndahal7 @IFEX

Explore updates on #FreedomOfExpression, #RTI, #Mediarights and our continued efforts to promote transparent and accountable #publicfinancemanagement in Nepal in 75th issue of our newsletter #FreeExpression here: @tndahal7 @IFEX @OpenBudgets @NepalNHRC

RT @IFEX: #Nepal 🇳🇵 @ForumFreedom and its global media partners have been providing reporting fellowships, livelihood assistance, and equipment support to journalists affected by the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi flood in August 2026.

RT @IFEX: #Nepal 🇳🇵 @ForumFreedom reported that four journalists went missing after the flash flood in August. 14 relatives of journalists are still missing, two reporters lost their cars & 6 radio stations were affected due to unstable connections.

RT @IFEX: #Nepal 🇳🇵 @ForumFreedom filed a total of 18 Right To Information applications with the Office of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries "to promote transparency and accountability in government appointments and expenditure."

RT @CIVICUSMonitor: 🇳🇵#Nepal: More than one year after the mass #protests that brought down the government, there has been lack of accountability for violations committed by the authorities. #Journalists continue to be targeted for their reporting, with arrests, raids, harassment and attacks while critics remain at risk. More here:

भदौ १० गतेको बाढीबाट प्रभावित पत्रकारले कस्ता चुनौतीहरूको सामना गरिरहेका छन्? विपद् रिपोर्टिङ गर्ने सञ्चारकर्मीहरूको क्षमता विकास र सुरक्षाका लागि के गर्न आवश्यक छ? यिनै विषयमा केन्द्रित फ्रिडम चौतारी पोडकास्टको १४८औँ एपिसोड सुन्नुहोस्: @tndahal7

The #OBS2025 Asia results is out now. Transparency : moderate Participation : limited and Audit & Legislative Oversight : uneven @tndahal7 @OpenBudgets @mofnepal @itsubashdahal #openbudgets #BudgetAccountability For more:

Nepal Govt marked a monumental turning point in democratic governance & public finance by officially publishing its first-ever Citizen Budget. The document fulfills a rigorous, two-decade-long national campaign spearheaded by FF. @tndahal7 @mofnepal

@mofaganepal @OpenBudgets @itsubashdahal

गत जेठमा बजेट सार्वजनिक गरेको सरकारले असोज २४ गते अर्को बजेट पनि सार्वजनिक गरेको छ, जसलाई अर्थ मन्त्रालयले ‘नागरिक बजेट’ नाम दिएको छ । ‘हाम्रो कर, हाम्रै बजेट, हाम्रै भविष्य’ नारा दिइएको उक्त बजेट कुनै नयाँ बजेट भने होइन । @tndahal7 @OpenBudgets

RT @tndahal7: दिल्लीमा जनप्रदर्शनमाथि भएको क्रुर दमन, ईन्टरनेट बन्द,रेल वन्द,मेट्रो बन्द,हजारॅौ गिरफ्तारी जस्तो घटनाले भारतीय लोकतन्त्रको धज्जी उडाएको छ। युवाहरु निर्वाचन आयोगको बदमासीका बिरुद्ध आन्दोलनमा उत्रिएका छन।तर मोदी सरकार आन्दोलनको आवाज सुन्नुको सट्टा क्रुर दमन गर्दैछ। खेद छ !!

Continuing its support to flood affected #journalists, FF will cover school fees of #journalists Kalika Khadka & Tekraj Thami's daughter, who is studying in Grade IX, for the year 2083. Khadka said the support is great relief for her daughter’s education. @tndahal7 @haribinod2

RT @tndahal7: श्री बालेन्द्र शाह सरकार गठन पछि सरकार सन्चालनका क्रममा नियुक्त सल्लाहाकार,बिज्ञ र सचिवालय सदस्यबारेको सूचना मागेकोमा प्रधानमन्त्री कार्यालय,गृह मन्त्रालय र सन्चार मन्त्रालयबाट छिटै सम्वोधन भै केही सूचना प्राप्त भयो। अरु मन्त्रालयहरुबाट पनि सूचनाको हकको शिघ्र सम्मान हुने आशा छ।

Freedom Forum has provided various forms of support to #journalists severely affected by the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi flood on August 26. The support aims to help them resume their professional work and continue reporting safely. @tndahal7 @IFEX @MediaGFMD

Ward Chairperson abused and misbehaved with journalist in Sindhupalchowk, Bagmati Province. @tndahal7 @IFEX @NepalNHRC

FF joins @ifex & over 60 CSOs to call for an immediate global moratorium on the development, deployment and sale of ‘frontier AI’, which are advanced or autonomous AI models that have the potential to cause severe or widespread harm to humans. @tndahal7

#International 🌐 IFEX members join over 60 civil society organisations sounding the alarm over the potential harms of "frontier AI" stressing that a handful of private companies cannot be allowed to determine what level of danger the public should accept:

Freedom Forum participated in a global campaign with @Law_Democracy to assess implementation of #RighttoInformation laws worldwide. A total of 173 information requests were filed across 90 countries. Red full report here: @tndahal7 @TobyMendel

लोकतन्त्र राजनीतिक प्रणालीभन्दा बढी व्यावहारिक आचरण हो । फरक विचार सुन्न सक्ने सत्ता,असहमति स्विकार्न सक्ने दल,आलोचना सहन सक्ने नेता र स्वतन्त्रतालाई जिम्मेवारीसँग जोड्न सक्ने नागरिक बनेपछि मात्र लोकतन्त्र जीवित हुन्छ।- Tekendra Joshi @tndahal7

RT @IFEX: #Nepal 🇳🇵 @ForumFreedom expresses concern over the arrest and detention of political analyst Bharat Dahal. "Arresting an individual solely for sharing a report on social media is a sheer violation of freedom of expression and opinion."