यातनाविरुद्धको संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघीय महासन्धि (यातनाविरुद्धको महासन्धि) को पक्षराष्ट्र बनेको तीन दशक बितिसक्दा पनि नेपालले यातना र अन्य दुर्व्यवहारलाई निर्मूल पार्ने आफ्नो प्रतिबद्धतालाई पूरा गरेको छैन भने यातनाको अपराधमा दण्डहीनता जारी छ। यातनापीडितहरूको सहायतार्थ अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय दिवस र त्यसपछिको...

Three decades after the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) was acceded by Nepal, the government continues to betray its commitment to stamp out torture and other ill-treatment, as impunity for the crime persists. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and beyond,...

Amnesty International (AI) Nepal organised the 16th edition of its annual national Youth Mela in Pokhara, Kaski, from June 6 to 8 2024. Held at the Teeka Resort, at Lakeside, the three-day program saw the participation of more than 120 youths from across Nepal representing various AI Nepal...

Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, concluded a four-day visit to Nepal on May 24. She was in Nepal as a part of her first official regional visit to South Asia. Before her mission in Nepal, which has the only Section of Amnesty International in South Asia, she had visited...

Executions soared to their highest number in almost a decade in 2023 with a sharp rise across the Middle East, Amnesty International said today as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty. A total of 1,153 executions took place in 2023, which does not include the...

Amnesty International has published a new report on descent-based discrimination against Dalits in Nepal amid a program in Kathmandu on 10 May.  The report titled “No One Cares”: Descent-Based Discrimination against Dalits in Nepal documents the experience of systemic caste-based...

एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनलका महासचिव आग्नेस कालामारले जेठ ३ देखि ११ सम्म दक्षिण एसियामा आफ्नो पहिलो भ्रमण गर्दै छिन्। उनले गृह युद्धमा जीवन गुमाएका हजारौँ नागरिकहरूको सम्झनामा जेठ ५ गते श्रीलङ्काको मुल्लिभाइक्कलमा आयोजना गरिने स्मृति कार्यक्रममा सहभागिता जनाउने छिन्। जेठ ११ गते काठमाडौं नेपालमा आयोजना...

Authorities in Nepal are failing to protect Dalits, particularly women and girls, from systemic and widespread caste-based discrimination, said Amnesty International in its new report published today. The report, “No One Cares”: Descent-Based Discrimination against Dalits – documents the...

दलित र विशेष गरी दलित महिला तथा बालिकाहरूलाई प्रणालीगत तथा व्यापक जातमा आधारित विभेदबाट संरक्षण प्रदान गर्न नेपालका अधिकारीहरू विफल भइरहेको एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनलले आज प्रकाशित गरेको आफ्नो नयाँ प्रतिवेदनमा उल्लेख गरेको छ।  “कसैलाई मतलब छैन“: नेपालमा दलित विरुद्ध वंशमा आधारित विभेद...