Himal Southasian responds to allegations made in the Nepal Parliament

Himal Southasian has seen reports of allegations made by leaders of UCPN(Maoist) and Nepali Congress in the Nepal Parliament concerning the funding of Himal Southasian and the so-called 'misuse' of those funds. No shred of evidence has been produced in support of these claims and we strongly object to the use of spurious and wild allegations to try and muzzle an independent media organisation and its freedom of expression. 

We would like to point out that the agreement with the Norwegian Embassy that has been 'produced' by Maoist leaders in the Parliament is actually a publicly published document (http://www.norway.org.np/Global/SiteFolders/webkat/NPL-13-0015_Grant-Letter.pdf). Himal Southasian's website also makes public all sources of funding for the organisation (himalmag.com)