INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 29
A meeting of the office-bearers and members of the Federation of Nepali Journalists in Kathmandu today decided to stage a
massive protest at Babarmahal on July 3 calling for job security and the rights of working journalists.
The FNJ stated that this
demonstration was being organised with reference to the warning with a deadline that it had submitted to media houses earlier.
The meeting
was chaired by FNJ president Govinda Acharya
It made a serious assessment of the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on the media industry and the professional security of working
The meeting concluded that complicated problems were seen such as expulsion of working journalists, keeping them on unpaid leave, deducting
their salary, denying working environment and not giving any job responsibility during the lockdown period.
The umbrella organisation of
journalists had already decided earlier to wage a strong movement for the protection of the rights and interests of working journalists.
The
schedule for protest programmes are: organising impromptu sit-in protest, picketing and installing black banners at media houses where such
problems have been seen, beginning from July 4, states a press statement issued by FNJ General Secretary Ramesh Bista.
The FNJ has decided
to urge the government, the Parliament, professional organisations, United Nations Organisations, International Federation of Journalists,
International Labour Organisation and the international community for solidarity in their demand for job security of working journalists.
A
version of this article appears in e-paper on June 30, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.
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