Press Release/Statement
We, the undersigned human rights defenders, strongly condemn the Government of Nepal’s unlawful, inhuman, and treacherous act of forced evictions of landless people and those living in informal settlements across Kathmandu Valley and other locations in Nepal. We also call on the concerned...
May 26, 2026
Press Release/Statement
Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981, with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries, revealed the latest annual report from the human rights organization on the global use of the death penalty. The staggering rise recorded in the report Death...
May 18, 2026
ACTIVITIES
Amnesty International Nepal launched The State of the World’s Human Rights Report 2025/26 during a programme held in Kathmandu on 21 April 2026. The annual report covers 144 countries and provides a comprehensive overview of global human rights trends and developments over the past year (2025),...
May 11, 2026
Press Release/Statement
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय अधिकार संस्थाहरूद्वारा प्रमुख सवालहरूमा सिफारिसहरू प्रेशित (जेनेभा, मे १, २०२६) – परिवर्तनका लोकप्रीय मागहरूको लहरमा सत्तामा आएको प्रधानमन्त्री बालेन्द्र शाह नेतृत्वको नेपालको हालै निर्वाचित राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टी (रास्वपा) सरकारले मानवअधिकार र विधिको शासनलाई दीर्घकालीन संरक्षण...
May 1, 2026
Press Release/Statement
International Rights Organizations send Recommendations on Key Issues (Geneva, May 1, 2026) – Nepal’s recently elected Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, which came to power on a wave of popular demands for change, should use this...
May 1, 2026
ACTIVITIES
Amnesty International Nepal (AI Nepal) successfully concluded the 18th edition the national Youth Mela in Pokhara, Kaski, bringing together over 80 youth members from across the country for three days of learning, dialogue, and action from April 24-26. Guided by the theme “Climate Justice and...
April 30, 2026
Press Release/Statement
The fragile, temporary ceasefires, between the United States and Iran, and between Israel and Lebanon, must be replaced by an enduring, sustained, and comprehensive regional ceasefire that covers all countries affected by this conflict, to avoid further catastrophic civilian suffering and pave the...
April 29, 2026
Press Release/Statement
थप विनाशकारी नागरिक पीडालाई रोक्न र सबैका लागि न्याय, अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय कानुनको सम्मान तथा दीर्घकालीन मानवअधिकार संरक्षणको मार्ग प्रशस्त गर्नका लागि अमेरिका र इरान तथा इजरायल र लेबनान बीचको कमजोर र अस्थायी युद्धविरामलाई यस द्वन्द्वबाट प्रभावित सबै देशहरूलाई समेट्ने गरी स्थायी, दिगो र फराकिलो...
April 29, 2026