Journalists have said that by shutting down social media, the government is trying to suppress freedom of expression in a democratic society.
The former president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, office bearers and journalists working in various media have demonstrated today in Maitighar against the ban imposed by the government on various social networks.
सरकारको यस्तो कदमले लोकतान्त्रिक समाजमा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रतालाई निस्तेज गर्न खोजिएको पत्रकारहरुले बताएका छन् । उनीहरुले 'सञ्जाल बन्द, आवाज बन्द', 'जनताको मुख थुन्न पाइँदैन', 'अलोकतान्त्रिक निर्णय फिर्ता गर', 'अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता हाम्रो अधिकार', 'लोकतन्त्र ह्याक हुँदैछ, निरंकुशता ब्याक हुँदैछ' लगायतका प्लाकार्ड बोकेका थिए ।
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