Demonstration in Kathmandu 5 May, 2014 Amnesty International Nepal organised a demonstration in Kathmandu today urging the government of Nepal to recognise Uterine Prolapse as a human rights issue.  More than 100 people participated in the rally held at New Baneshwar in Kathmandu. Addressing the...

20 February, 2014 Widespread and systemic gender discrimination in Nepal has led to hundreds of thousands of women suffering from a reproductive health condition that leaves them in great pain, unable to carry out daily tasks and often ostracized from their families and communities, Amnesty...

Joint Press Statement for International Day of the Disappeared 29 August 2013 On the 30th annual International Day of the Disappeared, victims and human rights organizations urge the Nepali government to ensure that investigations to determine the fate and whereabouts of disappeared persons are...

NEPAL – ILO Concerns on Trafficking of Migrant Workers for Forced Labour a Wake‐up Call for Government 25 March, 2013 Amnesty International Nepal issued a press release on 25 March 2013 highlighting need of better protection of Nepali migrant workers. The statement was issued highlighting major...

The arrest in the UK of a Nepali man on allegations of torture is a welcome indication of the UK’s readiness to comply with its international obligations in combating torture. It could also be an important step for victims failed by the Nepali justice system Amnesty International said. UK police on...

As a part of international solidarity campaign to abolish death penalty worldwide, Amnesty International Nepal organized a demonstration on 10 October in Kathmandu expressing concern over the executions in China. AI Nepal members and supporters along with representatives from various civil society...

NEPAL – New government must deliver on past human rights commitments as part of the peace process and state restructuring. The formation of a new government must not be another wasted opportunity to implement the human rights components of the CPA. In particular the new government must...

Amnesty International Nepal along with other human rights organizations Accountability Watch Committee (AWC), Advocacy Forum (AF) and Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP), in collaboration with families of the ‘disappeared’ and survivors of human rights abuses, and with the support of OHCHR-Nepal...

The 17th National Council Meeting of Amnesty International (AI) Nepal held on 28-29 January 2009 in Pokhara. Vanushi Rajanayagam Walters, the International Executive Committee Member of Amnesty International, inaugurated the meeting amidst a grand programme on 27 January. Making an inaugural...

Sixty years ago on the 10th of December in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations. However, the world leaders have failed to fulfill their own commitment to protect all rights of their citizens enshrined in the UDHR. Amnesty International by...

A human rights training for personnel organized in Birgunj on 1-2 December 2008. The main objective of the program were to aware police personnel about human rights, national and international instrument that formulated to protect human rights of the people, code of conduct for law enforcing...

World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. The theme for World AIDS Day 2007 and 2008 is “leadership”. This theme will continue to be promoted with the campaigning slogan, “Stop AIDS. Keep the...