LUMBINI, April 2 -- The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded the government that it brought the laws in favour of citizen's rights, press freedom and right to information.

Although the Constitution of Nepal, 2015 has guaranteed full press freedom, three governments formed since the constitution did not pay adequate attention to this regard, thereby delaying the formulation of media and press freedom related laws, the FNJ argued. Issuing a 9-point declaration after holding the national media conclave in Lumbini, the FNJ drew the attention of all concerned towards the establishment of the media related bodies as provisioned by the constitution.

The event was determined to launch the campaign of clean FNJ membership. Similar...