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Victims Expressed Anger on Ordinance

International Day of the Disappeared 2012 The families of the enforced disappearance demanded justice, truth and reparation as soon as possible. Speaking in the various programs in Kathmandu organized on the occasion of 29th International Day of the Disappeared, they expressed their anger on the...

‘Return the Ordinance’

Four human rights groups Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists and TRIAL on 30 August  delivered an open letter to President Ram Baran Yadav, condemning the Government’s attempt to establish by ordinance a commission that would in effect permit amnesty...

Nepal: Prosecute, Don’t Promote, Notorious Army Officer

Nepal’s government should investigate, not promote an Army colonel implicated in dozens of cases of enforced disappearance and torture, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International said on 22July, 2012. ‘The Nepal army should adopt a policy of...

अस्पताल परिसरमा बलको प्रयोग अस्वीकार्य

प्रेस वक्तव्य काठमाडौं, श्रावण ४ – अस्पताल परिसरमा बलको प्रयोग अस्वीकार्य कर्णाली स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठान जुम्लामा अनसनरत डा. गोविन्द केसीलाई हिजो श्रावण ३ गते जबर्जस्ती ढङ्गमा काठमाडौं ल्याउने क्रममा उक्त प्रतिष्ठान परिसरमा प्रहरीद्वारा भएको बलको प्रयोगप्रति एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनल नेपाल...

US Government : Play a Leading Role in controlling arms !

Human rights activists affiliated to Amnesty International Nepal urged US Government to play a leading role in promoting human rights protection rules in the historic negotiations of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) taking place at the UN until 27 July 2012. In Four separate programs organized by AI...

‘No Amnesty for Past Crime’

International Justice Day Celebrated Speakers at a panel discussion entitled on “Serious Human Rights violations: Universal Jurisdiction and Nepal’ urged Government and Political Leaders of Nepal not to grant amnesty for the serious crimes committed during the past conflict. British...

Malaysia: Stop Criminalizing Migrant Workers

Amnesty International Nepal organized two separate signature collection programs urging Malaysian Government to respect the human rights of migrant workers. These programs held on 8 June 2012 were hosted by AI Nepal Group-26, Kohalpur and AI Nepal Group-27, Lamjung. On the occasion, hundreds of...

Sri Lanka : Respect Human Rights

Amnesty International Nepal organized a demonstration and signature collection program urging to Srilankan Government to respect the human rights of political opponents and journalists. The program was hosted by AI Nepal Group-80, Kathmandu and held on 11th of June, 2012. On the occasion, Treasurer...

AI’s Annual Report 2012

Continued to Backtrack on Commitments Amnesty International has expressed its concern over the Nepal continued to backtrack on commitments to hold perpetrators of human rights abuses accountable. The organization highlighted Nepal’s failure to ensure human rights commitment in its annual...

‘Commission Should Meet International Standards’

Rights Defenders and victims families’ single  voice Human Rights Defenders and representatives of conflict victim’s families emphasized that law or mechanism lacking the minimum international human rights standards aimed at establishing truth and delivering justice will not be...