Marking the 59th International Human Rights Day on 10 December, Amnesty International Nepal organized a peaceful demonstration calling Chinese authority to fulfill their commitments that the authorities made before the international community in connection with the 2008 Beijing Olympic. Participants of the program including trainee athletes, National Players of Nepal Taekwondo Federation and international referee of International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), Mr. Anuyag Gautam as well as AI Members took part in the demonstration.
In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International has been campaigning for progress on four human rights issues which would be a major positive legacy for the Games. Specifically, progress on the death penalty, detention without trial, freedom of expression and the protection of human rights activists, would contribute to such a legacy. In the connection of the same, the demonstration program was organized AI Nepal which was hosted by organization’s Group-34, Kathmandu.
Under the Beijing Olympic Campaign, Amnesty International (AI) Nepal has been holding different campaigning activities urging Chinese authority to ensure human rights issues are addressed before the Beijing Olympics that to be held in Beijing in 2008.
On the occasion of the 59th International Human Rights Day, local AI Groups in Nepal organized variety of program in Kathmandu and in different places of country.
Candle Lightening Program in Kathmandu.
On the occasion of 59th International Human Rights Day, AI Nepal Youth Network formed under AI Nepal Group-3, Kathmandu organized a candle lightening program in joint organization with National Human Rights Foundation (HURFON) at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu. Approximately five hundreds candles were lit by different walks of life including representative of United Nation High Commission for Human Right to Nepal Mr. Richard Bennett, Chairman of National Human Rights Commission of Nepal Mr. Kedar Nath Upadhaya, Founder of AI Nepal Mr. Nutan Thapaliya and member of AI Nepal and HURFON. Besides representatives from civil society organization, development and professional organization, lawyers, human rights defenders, professors, journalists and students took part the program.
Talk Program in Bhaktapur on Impunity
As a part of the international human rights day, an interaction on “Impunity and Human Rights” held in Bhaktapur. As a chief guest-speaker of the speech program Mr. Binod Prasad Sharma, the Judge of Bhaktapur District Court shed light on consequences of the impunity. He highlighted the significance of ratification of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court. The program was jointly hosted by AI Nepal’s Group – 17, 50 and 56, located in Bhaktapur.