21 September, 2014 The 23rd Annual General Meeting (National Council Meeting) of Amnesty International (AI) Nepal was held on 19 to 21 September 2014 in Biratnagar. The highest policy making body meets every year. The AGM was divided into three different sessions: Inaugural Session, Business...

29 August, 2014 Amnesty International expressed its concerns over the failure of the Nepali authorities to bring to the justice those responsible for the disappearances of hundreds of individuals during the armed conflict.  Issuing a press release on 29 August, ahead of the International Day of the...

International Justice Day Celebrated 17 July, 2014 Minister for Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly & Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction, Narahari Acharya said the government has been working on the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) Act and it would take some  time to ensure the...

17th International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26 June, 2014 A delegation of Amnesty International Nepal delivered a memorandum addressed to the president of the Republic of the Philippines Benigno Simeon Aquino III to Suraj Vaidya, Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Kathmandu, calling...

Demonstration at Thai Embassy in Kathmandu 2 June, 2014 Amnesty International (AI) Nepal held a demonstration in front of the Thai Embassy in Kathmandu on 2 June urging the Thai authorities to respect and protect human rights. More than three dozen AI members attended the demonstration.   A...

Celebration of AI at 53 28 May, 2014 Speakers at a talk program organised by Amnesty International Nepal demanded truth, reparation and justice in the cases of human rights abuses during armed conflict in Nepal. They called on the government to ensure justice for victims by ending existing...

Bring Back Our Girls 27 May, 2014 Amnesty International Nepal organised a demonstration on 27 May in Kathmandu calling for the safe and immediate release of over 200 school girls who were abducted by Boko haram militants on 14 April 2014 from Chibok, Nigeria. AI members, representatives civil...

23 May, 2014 A delegation of Amnesty International Nepal delivered over 125,000 petitions, urging the Nepal Government to recognise uterine prolapse as a human rights issue and to commit to tackling gender discrimination in order to reduce its prevalence, to Chief Secretary Leelamani Poudyal. The...

9 May, 2014 Amnesty International Nepal held a signature collection event in Kathmandu on 9 May urging the authorities of Thailand to take immediate steps to establish the fate and whereabouts of Pholachi Rakchongcharoen, also known as ‘Billy’.  Over 1000 signatures were collected at...

Demonstration in Kathmandu 5 May, 2014 Amnesty International Nepal organised a demonstration in Kathmandu today urging the government of Nepal to recognise Uterine Prolapse as a human rights issue.  More than 100 people participated in the rally held at New Baneshwar in Kathmandu. Addressing the...

20 February, 2014 Widespread and systemic gender discrimination in Nepal has led to hundreds of thousands of women suffering from a reproductive health condition that leaves them in great pain, unable to carry out daily tasks and often ostracized from their families and communities, Amnesty...

Joint Press Statement for International Day of the Disappeared 29 August 2013 On the 30th annual International Day of the Disappeared, victims and human rights organizations urge the Nepali government to ensure that investigations to determine the fate and whereabouts of disappeared persons are...