Lack of Transparency in Appointments Undermine Effectiveness, Public Confidence (Kathmandu, March 1, 2021): The Nepal government should immediately withdraw an ordinance that undermines the independence of constitutional human rights bodies and rescind recent appointments that were made without...

विदेश भ्रमणमा जाने ४० वर्ष भन्दा कम उमेरका महिलाहरूले आफ्नो परिवारबाट अनुमति र वडा कार्यालयबाट सिफारिस् लिनुपर्ने भनी अध्यागमन विभागले प्रस्ताव गरेको नयाँ अध्यागमन नीतिका बारे सञ्चार माध्यममा आएका समाचारमा प्रतिक्रिया जनाउँदै एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनल नेपालका निर्देशक निराजन थपलियाले भन्नुभयो :...

Responding to news reports about a proposed new policy by the Department of Immigration requiring female travelers below the age of 40 to obtain permission from their families and recommendation from the local government before travelling internationally, Nirajan Thapaliya, Director of Amnesty...

The community of civil society in Nepal expresses grave concern over the seizing of power by Myanmar’s military on 1 February, in a coup in the aftermath of the democratic elections held in November 2020. The army has claimed that the response was a result of the “election fraud” which the Election...

Responding to the arrest of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and others amid reports that a military coup is underway in Myanmar, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, Ming Yu Hah, said: “The arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, senior officials and other political figures is...