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Roundtable with Parliamentarians on Domestic Workers’ Rights
The roundtable discussion held with members of the House of Representatives discussed the need for the Government of Nepal to ratify ILO C189 to be better able to uphold and safeguard the rights of domestic workers.
Training on Human Rights Education Held for Selected Amnesty Nepal Members
In advancing Amnesty International’s mission to promote and defend human rights and to foster a society that values human dignity, equality and justice, human rights education plays a crucial role. To strengthen this very mission, Amnesty International Nepal regularly provides training to its...
Global: Dow’s failure to offer remedy for the Bhopal disaster has created a “sacrifice zone”
The failure of the US-based chemical company Dow to provide remedy to victims of a deadly gas leak from a pesticide plant in India that resulted in the deaths of more than 22,000 people has created a “sacrifice zone” in which 500,000 more continue to suffer, Amnesty International said in a new...
Two-day National Media Workshop held in Gaindakot
In today’s age of rapid digitalisation, the role of media has expanded and evolved to encompass a multitude of functions that are instrumental in shaping the public imagination and discourse. In just the past few years in Nepal, the media sphere has seen rapid changes, with traditional media...
साउदी अरेबियाका परिवर्तनका आवाजहरूलाई स्वतन्त्र गर
साउदी अरेबियाका अधिकारीहरूले देशका सबै आलोचनात्मक आवाजहरूलाई मौन पार्ने आफ्नो अभियानलाई तीब्रता दिइरहेका छन्। मानवअधिकार सुधारका लागि आह्वान गर्दै वा अधिकारीहरूको आलोचना गर्दै सामाजिक सञ्जालमा केबल पोष्ट मात्रै गर्नाले पनि दशकौं कैद, यात्रामा प्रतिबन्ध, वा मृत्युदण्डको समेत सजाय हुनसक्छ। यसैबीच,...
Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN’s gender equality forum amid ongoing assault on women’s rights
Ahead of the expected announcement that Saudi Arabia will be appointed chair of the UN women’s rights forum at the annual meeting of the UN Commission of the Status of Women today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros, said: “The Commission on the Status of Women has...
Panel discussion held to explore a human-rights based approach towards street vendors in Nepal
In urban areas in Nepal, including in Kathmandu valley, street vendors are not only increasingly facing incidents of harassment, seizure of merchandise goods, and manhandling by the municipal authorities, but are also becoming victims of intolerance and even hostility. The right to life, dignity...
Stop LGBTI Criminalization in Russia
On 30 November 2023, the Supreme Court of Russia ruled to recognize “the international public LGBT movement” as “extremist”. This has effectively outlawed any public association with the LGBTI community. Russia must immediately review this ruling to prevent widespread persecution of LGBTI people....
Discussion on transitional justice held to remember Muktinath Adhikari
Ever since Muktinath Adhikari, an educator and activist, was brutally murdered by the then Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) cadres in Lamjung for allegedly refusing to pay donations on 16 January 2002 (BS 2058 Magh 3), Amnesty International Nepal and Muktinath Adhikari Memorial Foundation have...
मुक्तिनाथ अधिकारीको सम्मानमा स्मृति सभा तथा अन्तरक्रिया कार्यक्रम
चन्दा नदिएको आरोपमा तत्कालीन नेकपा (माओवादी) का कार्यकर्ताहरूद्वारा २०५८ साल माघ ३ गते लमजुङका शिक्षक तथा अधिकारकर्मी मुक्तिनाथ अधिकारीको निर्ममतापूर्वक हत्या गरिएको भोलि २२ वर्ष हुँदै छ। २२ वर्ष बितिसक्दा पनि अन्य द्वन्द्वकालीन मानवअधिकार उल्लङ्घनका पीडित परिवारले जस्तै उनको परिवारले अझै उनको...
A memorial and interaction programme being held in honor of Muktinath Adhikari
On January 17, it will be 22 years since educator and activist Muktinath Adhikari was brutally murdered by the then Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) cadres in Lamjung for allegedly refusing to pay donations back in 2002. Twenty-two long years on, his family, and many like his, still await justice...