In connection with the Global Activism Week on the AI Beijing Olympic Campaign, AI Nepal Section organized two big events in the capital city of Kathmandu. This time the Section held indoor events. As part of the Week observed from April 30 to May 4, AI Nepal organized a meeting with media persons...

Human Rights Defenders including officials of Amnesty International (AI) Nepal got arrested ahead of staging a peaceful vigil on 24 March in Kathmandu. The arrest has violated the rights including freedom of assembly peacefully guaranteed by the Constitution of Nepal as well as several other laws....

Beijing, the capital of China is hosting the summer Olympics in August this year. China was selected as the host nation of the summer Olympics in 2001. In course of the selection process, China had expressed the commitment before the international community to improve its human rights situation if...

Amnesty International Nepal has focused a need of making schools safe for girls. Launching a report “Safe Schools: Every Girl’s Right” prepared by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International on 7 March on the eve of 99th International Women’s Day, the organization...

Amnesty International Nepal has been observing the 16 days activism against Gender Violence (25 November-10 December) as per Section’s plan every year. The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership...

Stop Separating Children from Their Parents!!

Amnesty International’s New Report (Briefing) 12 November, 2014 Amnesty International launched its brief report about the rights of migrant workers in Qatar titled “No Extra Time: How Qatar is still failing on workers’ rights ahead of the World Cup” on 12 November.  The report...

Research Report 20 October, 2014 Publishing a report on 20 October, Amnesty International has called on the South Korean government to end the exploitation and widespread use of forced labour of migrant agricultural workers. The report titled  “Bitter Harvest” reveals how the country’s...

22 September, 2014 Amnesty International (AI) Nepal organised a press conference on 22 September in Biratnagar to make public its financial report of fiscal year 2070/71. On the occasion, Chairperson Surya Bahadur Adhikari, General Secretary Deek Prasad Ghimire and Director Rameshwar Nepal provided...

21 September, 2014 The 23rd Annual General Meeting (National Council Meeting) of Amnesty International (AI) Nepal was held on 19 to 21 September 2014 in Biratnagar. The highest policy making body meets every year. The AGM was divided into three different sessions: Inaugural Session, Business...

29 August, 2014 Amnesty International expressed its concerns over the failure of the Nepali authorities to bring to the justice those responsible for the disappearances of hundreds of individuals during the armed conflict.  Issuing a press release on 29 August, ahead of the International Day of the...

International Justice Day Celebrated 17 July, 2014 Minister for Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly & Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction, Narahari Acharya said the government has been working on the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) Act and it would take some  time to ensure the...