Amnesty International Global Report Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution. The...

एम्नेस्टी अभियानका एकजना योद्धा एम्नेस्टी टर्कीका पूर्व अध्यक्ष – जसलाई यही महिना सम्पन्न एम्नेस्टी टर्कीको साधारण सभाले मानार्थ अध्यक्षको रूपमा पनि सम्मान गर्यो – हिरासतमा रहनुभएको यही एप्रिल ५ मा ३०० दिन पुगेको छ । मानवअधिकारको नारा घन्काएको आरोपमा अनाहकमा ३०० दिन सम्म – र अझै कति दिन हो –...

At least 2,591 death sentences in 53 countries were recorded in 2017, a significant decrease from the record-high of 3,117 recorded in 2016. These figures do not include the thousands of death sentences and executions that Amnesty International believes were imposed and implemented in China, where...

2 April, 2018 A delegation of representatives from Nepal’s Civil Society Organisations including Amnesty International Nepal paid a visit to the Honorable Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa on 2 April expressing concern over the rising incidents of violence against women particularly...

नेपाल सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल राष्ट्र प्रमुख : विद्यादेवी भण्डारी सन् २०१५ को भूकम्पले आवास विहीन भएका झण्डै ७०% मानिसहरू अस्थायी आश्रय स्थलहरूमा रहे । तराईमा मन्सुनी बाढीबाट प्रभावित हजारौँ मानिसहरूले पयार्‍प्त आवास तथा अन्य सामाजिक आर्थिक सहयोगका उपायहरू नपाएर दुख भोगे । नेपालको...

Joint Press Statement Nepal: Transitional Justice Proving Elusive Term Extensions do not Cure Act’s Fundamental Problems (Kathmandu, February 13, 2018) – The one-year extensions of Nepal’s two transitional justice mechanisms without necessary legal and institutional reforms ordered by the Supreme...

On 31 January 2018, Istanbul’s 35th High Criminal Court had ordered the release of Taner Kılıç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, who was being held under false charges for his human rights work by the Turkish regime. A lawyer by profession, Kılıç is one of the vocal human rights defenders in...

17 January, 2018 Muktinath Adhikari Memorial Foundation and Amnesty International Nepal jointly organised an event on 17 January to mark the 16th anniversary of the killing of Muktinath Adhikari. Adhikari, then headmaster of Panini Sanskrit High School in Lamjung was brutally killed on 17 January...

If there is one aspect of Nepal’s socio-economic condition that touches the life of just about every Nepali family today, it is migration. There is no other more damning indictment of governance failure and criminal neglect over the last 25 years. This is flagrant abdication by the political...

23 December, 2017 On 23 December, Amnesty International Nepal conducted an orientation programme for the members of Amnesty International Nepal Group 67 in Hetauda. Likewise, members of Amnesty Nepal Forestry Youth Network of College of Forestry were also given orientation on the same day in...

Dec 20, 2017 More than two years since the implementation of the ‘free visa, free ticket’ policy for out-migrant workers by the government, this scheme has been largely ignored by recruiting agencies. And the government is not doing enough to enforce it. Potential out-migrant workers continue to...