Freedom of press, accountability and transparency are guiding principles: US

The US States said that freedom of press, accountability, and transparency are guiding principles for the United States as it continues to work for “a more perfect union.”

“We expect that as Nepal continues to show its hard-won democracy, the Government and people of Nepal will also have a meaningful dialogue about how to ensure good governance, freedom of the press and people’s fundamental rights,” reads a statement issued by the US Embassy in Kathmandu.

The Embassy issued the statement a day after police detained Kailash Sirohiya, chairperson of Kantipur Media Group (KMG) in connection to an alleged fake citizenship case filed against him in Dhanusha district.

Prior to his arrest, Sirohiya issued a statement on Kantipur TV, saying that the arrest warrant against him was issued with the aim of blackmailing Kantipur daily and its other sister news outlets into stopping the coverage of cooperative frauds.