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"Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, the previous speakers have spoken very knowledgably on the internal situation in Nepal, the lack of democracy in the country and its history. I should like to highlight a further point, namely the lack of media freedom, which has become particularly acute since 1 February 2005. We know for certain that censorship is taking place and that journalists are being dismissed and arrested, often without their families being informed. The Government has also barred private radio stations from broadcasting, and 800 journalists have lost their jobs as a result. As many Nepalese citizens cannot read, the closure of these radio stations means that they no longer have any access to news or to any radio stations other than the BBC. As if this were not enough, editorial offices have been ransacked and documents censored. This is a brief snapshot of the present situation in Nepal, and we must not remain unmoved by it."@en1
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