Nepal, May 4 -- Nepal's media fraternity has experienced another year of progress and challenges. Journalists continued to report, investigate and raise critical voices, despite confronting political interference, legal threats and economic hardships. Against this backdrop, this article examines the state of press freedom in Nepal from May 4, 2024 to May 2, 2025, highlighting hard-won achievements, lessons learned and challenges.

Legal framework

The Nepali Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, the right to information and press freedom, but in 2024-2025, the government failed to align its actions with these promises. Although the long-delayed Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Act was passed to transform Radio Nepal and Nepal Te...