Media Action Nepal joins global call to reverse telegram ban in Nepal
KATHMANDU | July 29 : Media Action Nepal, a founding member of the Digital Freedom Coalition (DFC) joins Access Now and over 70 national and international human rights organizations as part of the #KeepItOn coalition in strongly condemning the Government of Nepal’s decision to block access to Telegram nationwide.
This kind of sweeping restriction, enforced without legal clarity and transparency not only violates Nepal’s constitutional guarantees but also international human rights obligations of Nepal, said Laxman Datt Pant, Founder and Executive Director of Media Action Nepal. We stand in firm solidarity with national and global digital rights defenders in calling for the restoration of access and greater safeguards against arbitrary digital censorship, Pant added.
We stand in firm solidarity with national and global digital rights defenders in calling for the restoration of access and greater safeguards against arbitrary digital censorship, Pant added.
Full statement:
#KeepItOn: Nepal authorities must reverse nationwide Telegram ban and uphold human rights https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-nepal-authorities-must-reverse-nationwide-telegram-ban-and-uphold-human-rights/