On 11 August, a delegation from Amnesty International Nepal (AI Nepal) and Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) submitted a report entitled “Violations in the name of conservation” to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). AI Nepal’s Director Nirajan Thapaliya and CSRC’s Director...

Amnesty International and Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) jointly launched a research report entitled Violations in the name of conservation “What crime had I committed by putting my feet on the land that I own?” amid a virtual press conference organized on 9 August, the International...

दुर्व्यवहारपूर्ण संरक्षण नीतिको परिणामस्वरुप नेपालका आदिवासी जनता विगत पाँच दशकदेखि श्रृङ्खलाबद्ध मानवअधिकार उल्लङ्घनबाट पीडित हुनुपरेको कुरा एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनल र सामुदायिक आत्मनिर्भर सेवा केन्द्र (सीएसआरसी) ले आज प्रकाशित नयाँ प्रतिवेदनमा बताएका छन्।   संरक्षणको नाममा मानवअधिकार उल्लङ्घन...

Nepal’s Indigenous peoples have suffered a litany of human rights violations over the past five decades as a result of abusive conservation policies, said Amnesty International and the Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC), in a new report published today. The report, Violations in the name of...

Nepal has been cited for decades as a “success story” for its efforts to protect wildlife and the natural environment. However, this has come at a high cost for forest-dependent Indigenous peoples. Among the communities most affected are the Tharu, living predominantly in the mid-western part, and...

LONDON, 27 July 2021 Amnesty International and actor Michael Palin are urgently calling on the UK government to redistribute Covid-19 vaccines to ensure that those most at risk – no matter where they live – can receive a life-saving jab, as Nepal and many other countries continue to...