Nepal's chief justice tries to gag newspaper

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) firmly condemns an order by the head of Nepal's supreme court, Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli, instructing the Press Council to ensure that Kantipur Daily, one of the country's leading newspapers, refrains from publishing any further reports criticizing him. The gag order clearly constitutes a misuse of the judicial apparatus for personal ends and a violation of a fundamental press freedom principle, RSF said.

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