An workshop on Online Action held on 6 August. The main objective of the workshop held at Kakani of Nuwakot district was to empower and encourage young activists to take human rights actions using Amnesty International’s Online Action Center which is available on its website www.amnestynepal.org.
Amnesty International Nepal had launched an Online Action Center on its webpage in June 2011. Currently there are three different actions including on International Criminal Court, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Disappearances in Nepal. Through the Action Center, one can send letters to the government of Nepal by raising concerns on human rights.
Altogether 40 (20 girls and 20 boys) representatives from 11 Youth Networks from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kabhrepalanchowk and Dhading districts participated in the program.
The main aim of the workshop held at Kakani is to identify the online action center of AI Nepal and encourage to the youth for action. On the occasion, Director Rameshwar Nepal facilitated a session highlighting importance of human rights actions in particular importance of letter writing while Webmaster Kundan Parajuli facilitated another session informing steps to take online actions.
From the very beginning, members and supporters of Amnesty International across the world have been writing letters on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. Today, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people throughout the world challenge cruelty and injustice by taking a few minutes to write a letter.