Kapil Kafle, Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHIRCON) | Nepal
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Session on "The role of media in armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP) and development" Regional Review Conference on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development Manila, Philippines | 8-9 October 2014
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Kapil Kafle, Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHIRCON) | Nepal
- 1. The role of media in arms violence reduction and prevention (AVRP) and development Conference on Geneva Declaration on arms violence and development, Manila Kapil Kafle IHRICON, Nepal
- 2. Introduction to arms and media in Nepal Nepal, a South Asian country of 27 million people is in post-conflict situation; has got 5 hundred newspapers including 14 influential national dailies, 15 tvs, 350 FMs and 5 hundred online news portals Struggling to re-establish political stability and cope with post-conflict violence • Not clear picture of firearms, its types and concentration
- 3. Easy access of arms • Small arms, both legal and illegal are deemed to pose a serious threat to peace and security • Open border with India eases to supply illegal firearms into Nepal • Low cost of firearms, mushrooming of armed groups and perennial political instability • Pistol costs for less than $ 200
- 4. How many guns? • 34,314 people hold licensed firearms in Nepal • Researcher estimates for 55,000 • 440,000 private firearms in Nepal, of which 330,000 were unregistered • In 2013, the government issued a notice calling for people with illegal arms to return to the gov, but only 6,745 firearms were submitted
- 5. Experience of partnering with IANSA • As a local representative of International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) IHRICON has been mobilizing the concept of arms control • Writers and columnist mobilized • Scholarship for the journalists for their reports/features collected from the remote areas • Workshop/Training to the working journalists on conflict sensitive journalism • Training on Advocacy journalism/Agenda setting • One to one dialogue with editors/chef reporters/influential journalists
- 6. Case Study/Examples • "Bring heads of the insurgent leaders and get prize money of 50 thousand to 1 million rupees": heading of the newspapers in 2001 April • Policy went for more than 1 and half years, Government was pressurized to take back the policy of prize for the heads
- 7. Press in dilemma • Government issued a policy of distributing the arms to the general public in 2003 • In Doramba of Ramechap, a mountaineering district 19 Maoist carders were captured and killed by the security force • Lack of conflict sensitive reporting • Lack of democratic culture, breaking media code is common
- 8. Conflict between communities • In September 2007 at the same area where Gautam Buddha was born, Kapilwastu was under the fire as Moid Khan, a Muslim social leader was shot dead by Maoist group • "You cowardly ones just lay down inside the homes without doing revenge actions though the people of your community are being killed and their houses burnet out by the enemy groups.' Local FM Radio
- 9. Latest Picture 30 25 15 10 5 0 20 Killed Male Injured Male Killed Female Injured Female Killed Children Injured Children 21 26 20 21 5 13 Violence caused by weapons April to Sept 2014