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Nepal is suffering from the worst electricity crisis in the history this year. There will be 12-hour load shedding daily from Monday.

29 DEC 2008 | 10:22 AM NST

Attackers in police custody

Two of the attackers in a group of 50 who took part on the assault on Himalmedia last Sunday were handed over to police custory at the CDO office in Lalitpur on Friday afternnon.

26 DEC 2008 | 8:20 AM NST

"It will backfire"

The Maoists in Nepal came to power by winning an outright (constituent assembly) election, defeating discredited parliamentary opponents and helping in the overthrow of the hated monarchy. They did this by graduating from a guerilla struggle and by debating their every move to enter into a multi-party democratic system. They opened up to the media, built international bridges with civil society and solidarity organisations in south Asia, who were equally enthralled about the removal of a feudal autocratic institution - the monarchy as much as the ordinary Nepali citizen.

26 DEC 2008 | 7:29 AM NST

Protests go on

The Alliance for Press Freedom in a statement Wednesday said it continue its agitation because of sustained public threats by a Maoist union leader against Himalmedia and intimidation against APCA Group and Kantipur this week as well as the attack by the Youth Force against Ankur daily in Birganj on Tuesday.

24 DEC 2008 | 8:38 AM NST

Alliance for Press Freedom formed

Five media organisations came together on Tuesday to take forward a joint struggle to protect press freedom from recent serious threats.

24 DEC 2008 | 8:37 AM NST

More reactions

More condemnations against attacks on media.

23 DEC 2008 | 7:54 AM NST

Publishers and Editors Announce Protest

The Media Society and Editors' Alliance in a joint statement has strongly condemned the attack by Maoist workers on Himalmedia, and launched a protest program beginning with blank editorials in all member newspapers, television and radio news programs on Tuesday.

22 DEC 2008 | 4:44 PM NST

Widespread outrage

A protest rally comences from the BICC in Baneshwor against the Sunday's attack on Himalmedia. Various press freedom watchdog groups, the UNOHCHR and other human rights activists expressed outrage at the attack in which 12 staff were injured.

21 DEC 2008 | 4:51 PM NST

They do it again

21 DEC 2008 | 4:02 PM NST

UN condemns attack at Himalmedia

21 DEC 2008 | 4:00 PM NST

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