{"id":19647,"date":"2019-05-15T16:58:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T11:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?p=19647"},"modified":"2019-05-15T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T11:28:46","slug":"news-about-dalai-lama-triggers-debate-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/government\/news-about-dalai-lama-triggers-debate-in-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"News About Dalai Lama Triggers Debate in Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a sensational news update, Nepal Government has directed for an investigation on one of the news reports published on Dalai Lama\u2019s stay in an Indian hospital.<\/p>\n
The issue came up to probe after state-employed journalists published a wire report on exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama\u2019s stay in an Indian hospital.<\/p>\n
However, one of the journalists said they took this step upon the request of the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder pressure from the Chinese Government, Nepal\u2019s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Gokul Baskota has ordered an investigation into this matter and three of our journalists are being questioned,\u201d said Somnath Lamichhane, one of the RSS journalists facing the probe.<\/p>\n
Dalai Lama<\/p><\/div>\n
Somnath argues that the short news, which informs about Dalai Lama\u2019s stay at a Delhi-based hospital, was published as a \u2018humanitarian issue related to a world\u2019s renowned figure\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we are now being criticized for acting against our country\u2019s foreign policy and the One-China policy by disseminating this information,\u201d says Somnath.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cRSS is a state-run news agency, however, and our investigation will be guided by Nepal\u2019s relationship with China, by the One-China policy, and by Nepal\u2019s foreign policy. So we report to higher authorities,\u201d says Dilliram Batarai, one of the four members RSS appointed to deal the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is shocking that the Nepal government should object even to reporting on the Dalai Lama\u2019s health, and it exposes how the authorities can force the media to self-censor by caving into Chinese demands,\u201d says South Asia Director for Human Rights Watch Meenakshi Ganguly.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Cedric Alviani, Head of the East Asia office of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), supported the move stating that the three reporters just did their job by reporting news of public interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cRSF calls for an immediate hold on this investigation, [whose] obvious purpose is to intimidate reporters and create future self-censorship,\u201d Cedric added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a sensational news update, Nepal Government has directed for an investigation on one of the…<\/span><\/p>\n