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MEDIA REMAINS UNFREE IN NEPAL

Radio Free Nepal has a piece up regarding the tactics that news publications are using to get the word out.

After a fortnight of the Royal Coup, I would like to comment on the media and their ???????bravery???????? in publishing or not publishing about the coup.

Himal, a fortnightly newsmagazine that never failed to criticize the King????????s role in the past, came up in the bravest way. The first issue after the coup was published two days ago and ran a full page advertisement and a note by editor to tell the readers that the magazine has been censored and claimed that it would soon change. The ad with two photographs, the first with the mountain (mountain is Himal in Nepali) covered by clouds with caption Mountain is blocked ??????? and the second without clouds saying ??????? but will again be unblocked, is so vivid in meaning that everybody understood the hidden meaning.

The editor????????s note on the content page ???????we regret the difficulties caused by the imbalance in some of our article due to special censor???????? and grey fill for the content relating to the coup along with the main editorial (???????Long Live Democracy????????) talking about the King????????s commitment towards democracy were all but the protest of the King????????s move. The newsmagazine was heavy censored (how do I know it? Because they left all the censored areas blank.)

Read the rest, he cites many more examples.