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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On 13 July 2023, Amnesty International Nepal and Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj co-organised an interactive program with journalists on issues pertaining to the forced evictions of informal settlers, particularly in relation to the infringement of their right to adequate housing. The program was attended...

२०८० असार २४ अजित ढकाल मिजारको मृत्युको घटनामा अधिकारीहरूले विस्तृत, निष्पक्ष, न्यायोचित  र सामयिक अनुसन्धान गर्न विफल भएको कुरालाई एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनलले जानकारीमा लिएको छ।  “उपल्लो जात”की युवतीसँग उनको परिवारको स्वीकृतिबिना अन्तरजातीय सम्बन्ध राखेका १८ वर्षीय दलित युवा अजित ढकाल मिजार...