In this briefing, Amnesty International documents how police subjected members of the Indigenous Tharu community in Kailali district in Nepal’s Far-Western Tarai in the southern plains part of the country, to arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, and coerced some of them into signing...

Amnesty International Day Political parties and members of the human rights community expressed their commitment to end culture of impunity into ongoing transitional justice process in the country. Speaking at a program organised by Amnesty International Nepal on 27 May 2016, Former Prime Minister...

10th National Youth Mela 28 March, 2016 Over 75 youth activists were equipped with necessary knowledge and skills to campaign for the protection and promotion of human rights in their communities at the 10th National Youth Mela which was held from 26 to 28 March in Pokhara. Introduction on Amnesty...

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2015/16 Release 24 February, 2016 Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2014/15 was made public in Nepal amid a press meet on 24 February 2016. The report, launched globally on the same day, documents the state of human rights in 160 countries and...

Conflict Victims, human rights community and the National Human Rights Commission spoke about the failure of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission to Investigate Enforced Disappearances to deliver justice to victims.  Speaking at an interaction programme jointly organised by...

7 November, 2015 The 24th Annual General Meeting (National Council Meeting) of Amnesty International (AI) Nepal was held on 5 to 7 November in Butwal. The highest policy making body meets every year, and this year’s meeting was a continuation of the internal democratic exercise. The AGM was...

22 September, 2015 Amnesty International issued a public statement on 22 September, on the eve of the first death anniversary of Nanda Prasad Adhikari, who died following a hunger strike to protest against the lack of investigation into the killing of his son, saying there remains no justice for...

21 September, 2015 Amnesty International issued a statement on 21 September calling on security forces to refrain from use of excessive force against protesters. Amnesty International issued the statement after at least twenty protesters were shot when security forces opened fire on several...

International Day of the Disappeared 30 August, 2015 Amnesty International Nepal along with Conflict Victims’ Common Platform (CVCP) and other human rights organisations commemorated the International Day of Disappeared from 28-30 August, 2015. To mark the occasion, a candle lighting...

19 August, 2015 Amnesty International has called upon the Nepali Police and Armed Police Force to refrain from using excessive and lethal force during ongoing demonstrations against an agreement by Nepal’s major political parties to form six federally-administered states under the proposed new...

International Justice Day 17 July, 2015 International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) together with Amnesty International Nepal, Advocacy Forum Nepal, Conflict Victims Common Platform (CVCP), and Centre for Legal Studies (CLS) commemorated the International...

International Justice Day 17 July 2015 The day kicked off with Umbrella Rally in the morning. The rally led by Conflict Victims Common Platform (CVCP) together with Amnesty International Nepal, Advocacy Forum Nepal, Conflict Victims Common Platform (CVCP), Centre for Legal Studies (CLS),...