Press Release/Statement
The Cambodian government is deliberately ignoring a litany of human rights abuses including slavery, human trafficking, child labour and torture being carried out by criminal gangs on a vast scale in more than 50 scamming compounds located across the country, Amnesty International said in a new...
June 26, 2025
Joint Statement
नेपालको संविधान, मुलुकी अपराध संहिता, २०७४ र नेपालले अनुमोदन गरेको यातना विरूद्धको संयुक्त राष्ट्रसङ्घीय महासन्धि सबैले यातनालाई कडा र पूर्ण रूपमा प्रतिबन्धित गरेको छ। यसका बावजुद यातना र दुर्व्यवहारलाई व्यवहारगत तहमा प्रभावकारी ढङ्गबाट रोक्न विफल हुँदा नेपाल सरकारले आफ्नो दायित्व उल्लङ्घन गरिरहेको...
June 25, 2025
Joint Statement
The Constitution of Nepal, 2015, the National Penal Code, 2017, and the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), ratified by Nepal, all strictly and absolutely prohibit torture. Despite this, the Government of Nepal continues to violate its obligations by failing to effectively prevent...
June 25, 2025
Press Release/Statement
नेपाली अधिकारीहरूले पत्रकार दिलभूषण पाठकविरुद्ध जारी गरेको पक्राउ पुर्जीले नेपालमा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता र प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको संरक्षणमाथि गम्भीर चिन्ता पैदा गरेको र देशभित्रको स्वतन्त्र आवाजहरूलाई दबाउने जोखिम बढाएको एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनल नेपालले आज जनाएको छ। नेपाल प्रहरीको साइबर ब्युरोमा गरिएको...
June 16, 2025
Press Release/Statement
An arrest warrant issued by Nepali authorities against journalist Dil Bhusan Pathak raises serious concerns about the protection of freedom of expression and media freedom in Nepal and risks stifling independent voices in the country, said Amnesty International Nepal today. The warrant, reportedly...
June 13, 2025
Joint Statement
काठमाण्डौ, २१ जेष्ठ २०८२ पीडित तथा नागरिक समाज सङ्घसंस्थाको उचित परामर्श र सहभागिता सुनिश्चित नगरिएकोले नेपालको संक्रमणकालीन न्याय आयोगका पदाधिकारीहरूको नियुक्ति प्रक्रिया अहिले गम्भीर वैधताको सङ्कटमा रहेको छ। सङ्क्रमणकालीन न्याय आयोगहरूमा हालै गरिएको नियुक्ति विश्वसनीयता आर्जन गर्न विफल भएको छ।...
June 4, 2025
Joint Statement
Kathmandu, 4 June 2025 Due to the lack of proper consultation with civil society organizations, the transitional justice process in Nepal faces a serious legitimacy crisis. The recent appointment of officials to the two transitional justice commissions has, in general, failed to establish...
June 4, 2025