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Nepalese station recognized by community radio movement

The AMARC International Solidarity Prize, announced at the AMARC conference currently taking place in Jordan, has been awarded to a Nepalese station:

After King Gyanendra of Nepal seized control of the country in a coup in February 2005, Radio Sagarmatha helped form the Save the Independent Radios Movement to protest against draconian restrictions on the media. Through on-air campaigns, street protests and judicial proceedings, Radio Sagarmatha regained the right to broadcast news and information and made a pivotal contribution to the defence of human rights and the eventual restoration of democracy in 2006.