{"id":47003,"date":"2026-05-03T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=47003"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:09:23","slug":"fnj-marks-world-press-freedom-day-argues-free-press-a-fundamental-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/fnj-marks-world-press-freedom-day-argues-free-press-a-fundamental-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"FNJ marks World Press Freedom Day, argues free press a fundamental human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, May 3: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) organised a rally, marking the World Press Freedom Day today.<\/p>\n<p>The rally themed &#8216;Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Development and Safety&#8217; was originated from the local Maitighar Mandal and converged into a corner meeting upon reaching New Baneshwor area.<\/p>\n<p>National Human Rights Commission member Manoj Duwadi unveiled an annual report, reflecting the status of press freedom in the country. Describing press freedom and freedom of expression as a vital part of the human rights, he said that the NHRC always stands for protection and promotion of human rights.<\/p>\n<p>FNJ Chair Nirmala Sharma said, &#8220;Press freedom and the freedom of expression are the constitutional rights, thus not to be hindered.&#8221;<br \/>\nNepal Bar Association Chair Pro Dr Bijay Prasad Mishra assured of a moral support in the legal remedy for any hindrance or obstruction regarding the freedom of expression and opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, May 3: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) organised a rally, marking the World Press Freedom Day today. The rally themed &#8216;Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Development and Safety&#8217; was originated from the local Maitighar Mandal and converged into a corner meeting upon reaching New Baneshwor area. National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47006,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47003\/revisions\/47006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}