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Subject: Bhutanese refugee newspaper dying for want of funds - msg#00024List: culture.region.india.zestmediaAsia : Bhutanese refugee newspaper dying for want of funds Posted by admin on 2007/3/6 0:48:42 Kathmandu: A unique initiative in Nepal is dying for lack of funds. The Bhutan Reporter is one of the most uncommon media ventures in South Asia. It's a monthly paper brought out by Bhutanese refugees who have been struggling to survive for nearly two decades in seven camps in eastern Nepal. The monthly, a source of sustenance for the over 100,000 refugees and their only voice, is produced by refugee journalists living in the camps in Morang and Jhapa districts of Nepal, near the Indian border. It's the labour of love and sacrifice by the refugees, nearly 90 percent of who have no means of livelihood and no means of receiving education beyond high school. Though Nepal's government has consented to allow the Bhutanese stay in the kingdom, they are not allowed to work or go to a third country for settlement.The camps are managed by the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Nepal that is now running out of funds as donors have begun to withdraw with the impasse showing no signs of resolution even after 16 years. Entire families live in single rooms without a bathroom, toilet or kitchen. There is no electricity or running water. The food and fuel is provided by the UNHCR and the camp inmates say it suffices for two meals a day. Often, fuel is scarce and the refugees venture out of the camps to gather fireweed, when they are challenged by the locals. Such a quarrel last week left a 21-year-old camp resident dead and at least six injured. Prostitution among the women is rising along with alcoholism and domestic violence. The Bhutan Reporter, a monthly with a print run of 1,000, was started in 2004, providing a lifeline to the camp residents. It is is published by the Bhutan Media Society, the publishing house of the Association of Press Freedom Activists (APFA)-Bhutan. The camp residents fund the paper themselves, working unpaid. However, after two hard years, they are at the end of their tether. Media Helping Media web site reported that now the team says it can't afford the NRS 2,000 it costs to print hard copies of the newspaper each month. TP Mishra, editor of the unique paper, says it is important the paper survives. "The media situation inside Bhutan is strictly under government threat," Media Helping Media quoted him as saying. "Organisations like APFA-Bhutan, established in the refugee camps, are trying to bring Bhutan's suppressed media in the international arena." The editorial team says if they can raise NRS 14,000 a month they would publish TBR weekly instead of monthly. They are asking the Bhutanese community overseas and international media organisations for help to continue to print the newspaper. The refugees were forced to leave Bhutan in the 90s after the government began evicting southern Bhutanese of Nepali origin. Since then, Bhutan and Nepal have held 14 rounds of talks over the repatriation of the refugees but Thimphu has been dragging its feet. --By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Members of the ZESTMedia list exchange news and views about the media in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. Write to ZESTMedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ theZESTcommunity------------------------------------------------- ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Thread at a glance:
Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewBangladesh: Newsmen allegedly threatened by ex-MP's nephewhttp://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=65085 BANGLADESH: Newsmen allegedly threatened by ex-MP's nephew Dainik Andoloner Bazar editor and reporter say former BNP lawmaker's nephew threatened them for storys about fund misappropriation The Daily Star Tuesday, March 6, 2007 A nephew of former BNP lawmaker Sahidul Islam have threatened the executive editor and reporter of a local daily for publishing news on his alleged misappropriation of government funds and grabbing assets. Shahidul was MP from Kushtia-2 constituency (Mirpur-Bheramara). Robin Malitha, nephew of Sahidul phoned Executive Editor of Dainik Andoloner Bazar Anisuzzaman and its Mirpur correspondent Dipu Khan Sunday night at about 8.30 pm and threatened them with dire consequences. Robin warned that his Bahini (gang) will not spare them as they published 'baseless' news against him and his men. Robin, a BNP cadre in Mirpur upazila, also asked Dipu Khan to leave the area immediately if he wants to remain alive. Dipu immediately informed police and faxed a letter to the home secretary on the same night, seeking protection, sources said. The Andoloner Bazar published an item on February 25 headlined 'The boss of looting railway assets worth Tk.5 crore Robin and his accomplices are still untouched' The report said Robin and his associates allegedly earned about Tk 5 crore in last five years by misappropriating railway property including slippers and stones. Sources said police on several occasions arrested some associated of Robin and recovered railway slippers from their possession but could not take any action against them. Police said Rodin is on their arrest list. Date Posted: 3/6/2007 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Members of the ZESTMedia list exchange news and views about the media in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. Write to ZESTMedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ theZESTcommunity------------------------------------------------- ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Next Message by Date: click to view message previewFrance Criminalizes Citizen Journalistshttp://www.cellular-news.com/story/22436.php France Criminalizes Citizen Journalists France's Constitutional Council has passed a new law which would criminalize so called "citizen journalists" who record acts of violence. The rising numbers of cellphones which come with built in video-recorders has lead to a surge in bystanders recording crimes and events of note - then passing those recordings to the media. Under this new law, only accredited journalists would be permitted to make recordings in public places. The French online civil liberties group, Odebi criticized the new law, which was approved on the 16th anniversary of the infamous Rodney King beating, which was recorded by a bystander on their camcorder. Under the new law, George Holliday who made the recording would himself have been a criminal - and could have faced prison. The law, which was proposed by Minister of the Interior, and French Presidential hopeful, Nicolas Sarkozy has been designed to criminalize a range of public order offenses, such as the recent endemic of "happy slapping" where school children record attacks on their fellows and then distribute that video clip via mobile phones. However, so wide is the scope of the law, that any recording of public violence by anyone other than an accredited journalist would now itself be a criminal activity. While the government is proposing that bloggers and mobile phone networks could request "certification" with some restrictions - it seems that an average person who just happens to come across an act of violence in the streets and whips out their cellphone to record it, would now themselves be a criminal. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Members of the ZESTMedia list exchange news and views about the media in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. Write to ZESTMedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ theZESTcommunity------------------------------------------------- ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewBangladesh: Newsmen allegedly threatened by ex-MP's nephewhttp://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=65085 BANGLADESH: Newsmen allegedly threatened by ex-MP's nephew Dainik Andoloner Bazar editor and reporter say former BNP lawmaker's nephew threatened them for storys about fund misappropriation The Daily Star Tuesday, March 6, 2007 A nephew of former BNP lawmaker Sahidul Islam have threatened the executive editor and reporter of a local daily for publishing news on his alleged misappropriation of government funds and grabbing assets. Shahidul was MP from Kushtia-2 constituency (Mirpur-Bheramara). Robin Malitha, nephew of Sahidul phoned Executive Editor of Dainik Andoloner Bazar Anisuzzaman and its Mirpur correspondent Dipu Khan Sunday night at about 8.30 pm and threatened them with dire consequences. Robin warned that his Bahini (gang) will not spare them as they published 'baseless' news against him and his men. Robin, a BNP cadre in Mirpur upazila, also asked Dipu Khan to leave the area immediately if he wants to remain alive. Dipu immediately informed police and faxed a letter to the home secretary on the same night, seeking protection, sources said. The Andoloner Bazar published an item on February 25 headlined 'The boss of looting railway assets worth Tk.5 crore Robin and his accomplices are still untouched' The report said Robin and his associates allegedly earned about Tk 5 crore in last five years by misappropriating railway property including slippers and stones. Sources said police on several occasions arrested some associated of Robin and recovered railway slippers from their possession but could not take any action against them. Police said Rodin is on their arrest list. Date Posted: 3/6/2007 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Members of the ZESTMedia list exchange news and views about the media in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. Write to ZESTMedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ theZESTcommunity------------------------------------------------- ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewFrance Criminalizes Citizen Journalistshttp://www.cellular-news.com/story/22436.php France Criminalizes Citizen Journalists France's Constitutional Council has passed a new law which would criminalize so called "citizen journalists" who record acts of violence. The rising numbers of cellphones which come with built in video-recorders has lead to a surge in bystanders recording crimes and events of note - then passing those recordings to the media. Under this new law, only accredited journalists would be permitted to make recordings in public places. The French online civil liberties group, Odebi criticized the new law, which was approved on the 16th anniversary of the infamous Rodney King beating, which was recorded by a bystander on their camcorder. Under the new law, George Holliday who made the recording would himself have been a criminal - and could have faced prison. The law, which was proposed by Minister of the Interior, and French Presidential hopeful, Nicolas Sarkozy has been designed to criminalize a range of public order offenses, such as the recent endemic of "happy slapping" where school children record attacks on their fellows and then distribute that video clip via mobile phones. However, so wide is the scope of the law, that any recording of public violence by anyone other than an accredited journalist would now itself be a criminal activity. While the government is proposing that bloggers and mobile phone networks could request "certification" with some restrictions - it seems that an average person who just happens to come across an act of violence in the streets and whips out their cellphone to record it, would now themselves be a criminal. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Members of the ZESTMedia list exchange news and views about the media in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan. Write to ZESTMedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, OR, if you have a Yahoo! 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