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AI Nepal on Myanmar Election Campaign

AI Nepal organized Myanmar Election Campaign programme on 10th of July 2010 in Kathmandu.The programme was organized at the national secretariat of AI Nepal and  collected signatures urging to ensure the all kinds of freedom in Myanmar before the upcoming  General Election. On the occasion most of...

CARAVAN ON RIGHTS OF THE MIGRANT WORKERS

Amnesty International (AI) Nepal organized a caravan (Bus –Tour) with the two major objectives. The first objective was to put positive pressure on the Nepal Government while the second is to raise awareness amongst general public particularly people planning to go abroad for the sake of work. The...

PUBLIC INSECURITY ESCALATED IN NEPAL

Global Launch of Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2010 Repression and injustice are flourishing in the global justice gap Amnesty International has expressed its concern over the escalating public insecurity in Nepal. The organization, in its annual report, has flagged that worries. Amnesty...

END EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN MALAYSIA

Migrant workers in Malaysia are being exploited by both employers and state authorities, according to a new report of Amnesty International. Nepalese Section of Amnesty International by organizing a press conference in Kathmandu on 24 March 2010 launch the report ‘Trapped: The Exploitation of...

CA Members expressed support towards accession of the Rome Statute

Members of Constituent Assembly (CA) have expressed their support in favour of accession of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court (ICC). In a program that organized by Amnesty International (AI) Nepal on 19 March 2010 in Kathmandu, the CA members from ruling parties to main opposition...

The 100th International Women’s Day observed

Amnesty International Nepal organized an interaction programme in Katmandu on 7th of March, 2010 on the occasion of The 100th International Women’s Day. On the occasion AI Nepal raised concern about the security Of Women Rights Defenders. Speaking on the programme Treasurer of AI Nepal Rashmila...

‘Ratify Rome Statute’

Speakers at a programme on 21 February, 2010 in Katmandu urged the Nepal government to ratify the Rome Statute to end the culture of impunity prevailing in the country. They had urged for the timely rectification of the statute for ending every type of impunity in the country and to bring the...

‘Arrest Maina-case accused’

The national and international human rights community, including Amnesty International, have again urged to the government of Nepal to arrest four accused in the alleged torture and killing of Maina Sunar, the 15 years old schoolgirl, killed in February 2004 during the conflict period. On the sixth...

AI Nepal’s 18th Annual General Meeting

The 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Amnesty International (AI) Nepal held on 26 December 2009 in Bhairahawa adopting 3 special resolutions on different theme of human rights. The AGM also passed organization’s activity and financial report unanimously.   The closed session discussed on...

USA : ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY

In the program organized with though that attention should be given in addressing the root causes of crime than to the implementation of the capital punishment, people signed on the petition which will be delivered to US authority soon. Approximately 2000 signatures collected in the program that...

Nepal: “Disappearances” Law Must Meet International Standards

(Kathmandu)- Prominent human rights organizations today formally asked the Government of Nepal to amend the latest draft Disappearances of Persons (Crime and Punishment) bill to make it comply with international law and standards.  The organizations said the plan for a Commission of Inquiry into...