Tanka Aryal is the President of  Digital Rights Nepal . He is an attorney practicing at the Supreme Court of Nepal. He has long worked to promote digi

Speaking Freely: Tanka Aryal

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Tanka Aryal is the President of Digital Rights Nepal . He is an attorney practicing at the Supreme Court of Nepal. He has long worked to promote digital rights, the right to information, freedom of expression, civic space, accountability, and internet freedom nationally for the last 15 years. Mr. Aryal holds two LLM degrees in International Human Rights Laws from Kathmandu School of Law and Central European University Hungary. Additionally, he completed different degrees from Oxford University UK and Tokiwa University Japan. Mr. Aryal has worked as a consultant and staff with different national international organizations including FHI 360 , International Center for Not-for-profit Law ( ICNL ), UNESCO ,  World Bank , ARTICLE 19 , United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ), ISOC , and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ( UNDESA /DPADM). Mr. Aryal led a right information campaign throughout the country for more than 4 years as the Executive Director of Citizens’ Campaign for Right to Information . 

Greene: Can you introduce yourself? And can you tell me what kind of work your organization does on freedom of speech in particular? 

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