Press Release/Statement
Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups flagrantly violated international law and displayed a chilling disregard for human life by carrying out cruel and brutal crimes including mass summary killings, hostage-taking, and launching indiscriminate rocket...
October 13, 2023
Press Release/Statement
१० अक्टोबर साउदी अरेबियाका अमेजन गोदामहरूमा अनुबन्धित श्रमिकहरूलाई भर्ना गर्ने एजेन्ट र श्रम आपूर्ति कम्पनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई धोका दिनुका साथै, पारिश्रमिकमा ठगी गर्ने, अत्यन्तै नराम्रो अवस्थामा राख्ने तथा वैकल्पिक रोजगारी खोज्न वा देश छोड्नबाट रोक्ने जस्ता कार्यहरू गरेको एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनलले आज...
October 11, 2023
Press Release/Statement
Contracted workers in Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia were deceived by recruitment agents and labour supply companies, cheated of their earnings, housed in appalling conditions and prevented from finding alternative employment or leaving the country, Amnesty International said today. A new...
October 10, 2023
Press Release/Statement
Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to protect the lives of civilians in today’s outbreak of fighting in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Amnesty International amid a mounting civilian death toll. Today’s escalation in violence began with...
October 9, 2023
ACTIVITIES
Despite the Right to Equality and Non-discrimination being enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and the Constitution of Nepal, many people continue to be denied their fundamental right to...
August 22, 2023
ACTIVITIES
On 11 August, on the eve of International Youth Day, Amnesty International Nepal organised a panel discussion programme entitled “Building Perspectives: Exploring the Right to Protest Across Generations”. The discussion programme aimed to discuss and dissect intergenerational perspectives on the...
August 17, 2023
OPINION
The government must bring policies to address the needs of the citizens without homes. By Nirajan Thapaliya Ever since he took office last year, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) mayor Balendra Shah has been on a mission to make Kathmandu modern, sleek and developed, and perhaps get rid of the poor...
July 23, 2023