INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, January 3
Lawyers, human rights activists and journalists have urged the government to withdraw Information Technology Bill from
the Parliament, saying the bill proposed to curtail constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.
A meeting of lawyers, rights activists and
journalists held here today concluded that the IT Bill proposed to curtail people freedom of expression, right to privacy, right to
communication and their right to justice.
The group said as per the constitutional provisions, questions related to justice could be decided
only by the competent court, but contrary to this, the government has proposed in the bill that anybody could be detained, indicted and
their stuffs confiscated for no reasonable ground
Prominent lawyers, editors and rights activists had taken part in the discussion.
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