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Media Action Nepal, a prominent civil society organization (CSO) defending free and accountable media in Nepal, has joined the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) to promote and advance media development worldwide.

Internationally acknowledged media researcher, trainer and rights advocate, Laxman Datt Pant is the Chairperson of Media Action Nepal. His role is to advise and update Media Freedom Coalition on cases of attacks against media and journalists, and media freedom violations at the global level. In February 2022,

If the media are silenced and journalists are muzzled, a key pillar of a functioning democracy is crushed.

Media freedom can and must be improved. We can start today.

At the Media Freedom Conference in Tallinn, participants discussed ways of addressing the complex challenges associated with advancing media freedom worldwide.

The Media Freedom Coalition – Consultative Network calls on the Media Freedom Coalition to take stronger and more concrete actions to defend media freedom and the safety of journalists worldwide.

The coalition also said women journalists are disproportionately targeted by online harassment, threats, sexist hate speech and trolling.

Laxman Datt Pant, Chairperson of Media Action Nepal (MAN), has been elected to co-lead a key global network to defend and promote press freedom worldwide.

Laxman Datt Pant, Chairperson of Media Action Nepal (MAN), has been elected to co-lead a key global network to defend and promote press freedom worldwide.

The Media Freedom Coalition - Consultative Network, a group of 22 organisations representing civil society, press freedom and media development groups and journalists worldwide, calls on the Media Freedom Coalition to take stronger and more concrete actions to defend media freedom and the safety of journalists worldwide.