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Aerial art petition event in Kathmandu

Amnesty International (AI) Nepal, by organizing an aerial art petition event in Kathmandu, called on the Chinese authority to ensure a positive human rights legacy for the Beijing. The event was organized to mark a global day of action on Saturday, 12 July. More than 350 Amnesty International...

“CONTROL ARMS” Symbolic Football match

A symbolic football match was held at the Jawalakhel Football Grounds, Lalitpur on the 27th of June 2008 among the youth members of Amnesty International Nepal. The football match was organized with the objective of generating awareness especially among the youths about the Control Arms Campaign...

National Youth Mela: An Opportunity to Enable Youths in Activism

The Second National Youth Mela (Camp) was held at Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchowk from 31 May to 1 June 2008. The Mela program hosted by AI Nepal Group 43, Banepa was organized with the objective of acquainting the AI Nepal youth members with Amnesty International and imparting them theoretical and...

Launch of Amnesty International Report 2008

Amnesty International globally launched its annual report entitled Amnesty International Report 2008: the state of world’s human rights on 28 May 2008. The report has stated that both the Government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)) have largely failed to implement human rights...

16th Annual General Meeting held

Amnesty International (AI) Nepal held its 16 th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 15-16 March 2008 in Kathmandu. Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Kedarnath Upadhyaya inaugurated the AGM on 15 March. Addressing the inaugural program, chief guest Mr. Upadhyaya appreciated the...

Fifty-ninth International Human Rights Day Observed

Marking the 59th International Human Rights Day on 10 December, Amnesty International Nepal organized a peaceful demonstration calling Chinese authority to fulfill their commitments that the authorities made before the international community in connection with the 2008 Beijing Olympic....

South Korea: Migrant Workers are also Human Being

Amnesty International Nepal organized a public talk program on ‘South Korea: Rights of Migrant workers’ in Kathmandu on December 21, 2007. Speaking at the program Krishna Pahadi, a prominent human rights defenders of Nepal, said the title of AI’s report ‘migrant workers are also human beings’...

Demonstration organized in front of Pakistani embassy

On 15 November 2007, a demonstration organized in front of Pakistani embassy in Kathmandu to mark A Global Day of Action against the current assault on human rights and justice in Pakistan. Amnesty International Nepal took part in the action jointly organized by the organizations working on human...

Demonstration on Burma

Amnesty International Nepal has successfully organized a rally in the capital city Kathmandu at 2 PM local time. The rally was begun from a peace recitation by Buddhist monks and nuns in main Public Square of the capital city then a peace rally was moved toward the Burmese Embassy with placards,...

Interaction on the International Criminal Court

25  September, 2007 An interaction between an international delegation of Amnesty International (AI) and a range of actors including non-governmental organizations, lawyers and members of civil society was held in Kathmandu on 25 September 2007. A delegation of the AI visiting Nepal to work with...