28 May, 2017 Amnesty International Nepal Section marked the 56th anniversary of its establishment by organising an event on 28 May in Kathmandu.  During the event, the Human Rights Defenders Campaign: BRAVE was also locally launched honoring the courage and determination of the HRDs who have stood...

19 May, 2017 Expressing concern over the Kavre District Public Prosecutor’s decision not to appeal the acquittal of one of the alleged perpetrators in the murder of Maina Sunuwar, Amnesty International and International Commission of Jurists have jointly urged the Attorney General Raman Kumar...

सन् २०२२ को विश्वकप फुटबलका लागि कतारमा रङ्गशाला लगायतका अन्य पूर्वाधारहरुको धमाधम निर्माण भैरहको छ । तर यी भव्य तथा विशाल रङ्गशालाहरुको निर्माण हुने क्रममा आप्रवासी श्रमिकहरुको व्यापक शोषण तथा दुव्र्यवहार भैरहेको छ । आज साँझ खलिफा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय रङ्गशालाको उद्घाटन हुँदैछ । यसै सन्दर्भमा एम्नेस्टी...

२०७४ वैशाख १२ मा एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनल (एम्नेस्टी)ले “असमानता खडा गर्दै”: भूकम्प पछिको पुनर्निर्माणमा सीमान्तकृतहरूको संरक्षण गर्न नेपाल सरकारको विफलता नामक प्रतिवेदन सार्वजनिक गयो । यो प्रतिवेदनले भूकम्प पछिको नेपालमा आवासको अधिकारको बारेमा विश्लेषण गरेको छ । साथै राष्ट्रिय पुनर्निर्माण प्रयासहरूले...

Rule of Law Should Prevail, Not Political Protectionism Nepali authorities should immediately take effective steps to enforce the landmark Kavre district court murder verdict for the 2004 torture and killing of teenage Maina Sunuwar, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International...

12 April, 2017 Amnesty International Nepal (AI Nepal) organised its 11th National Youth Mela in Pokhara from 9 to 12 April. A total of 92 young activists affiliated to different Youth Networks of AI Nepal participated in the Mela. The theme of the Mela was ” Youth for Activism”. The...

As shells exploded around their home in a besieged neighborhood of Ta’iz, Yemen, brothers Yahia and Maher, then age 16 and 18, took shelter beneath the staircase. Here they remained for three days, with a dwindling supply of food and water. As dawn broke on the fourth day they made a run for...

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्पको संशोधित अध्यागमन प्रतिबन्धमा मुस्लिमहरुप्रति डरको दृष्टिले हेर्ने नीति अवलम्बन गरिएको देखिन्छ र भाइरसजस्तै यो अझ गहिरो चोटमा परिवर्तन हुदै जाने सलिल शेठ्ठी तर्क गर्छन् । यमनको ताइज क्षेत्रमा अवस्थित उनीहरुको घर वरिपरि गोलाबारी हुँदा त्यति बेला क्रमशः १६ र १८ बर्षका याहिया र माहेर...

Nepal’s authorities must promptly investigate the security forces who opened fire on a crowd of protestors in Saptari district in the Tarai, Nepal’s southern plains, killing three people and injuring 16, Amnesty International said today. “This was an unlawful use of lethal force. There must be a...

22 February, 2017 Amnesty International’s (AI) Annual Global Report 2016/17 was released in Nepal on 22 February, 2017. The report documents the state of human rights in 159 countries and territories and reveals that there was a global push back against human rights in 2016. Nirajan Thapaliya...

Nepal: Key Moment for Justice UN and Donors Need to Back Accountability for Conflict Era Crimes (New York) – The mandates of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons (COID) should be extended indefinitely to ensure that justice,...

Amnesty International Nepal takes the pleasure of having Surya Nath Mishra, former Nepalese Ambassador to Qatar as an honorary member of Amnesty International Nepal.