Nepal

Nepal Prime Minister urged to commit to combating enforced disappearances - 3 July 2009

A delegation from Amnesty International delivered thousands of letters to the prime minister, calling on him to ratify a treaty aimed at combating enforced disappeara

Nepal must commit to ending impunity - 4 June 2009

Amnesty International has called on the Nepalese government to commit to ending impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by ratifying the Rome S

Demanding justice for Nepal's civil war victims - 1 May 2009

During the Nepalese civil war between 1996 and 2006, Amnesty International documented the killing, enforced disappearance and torture of thousands of civilians.

Nepal: Government fails to protect women human rights activists from violent attacks - 10 April 2009

One year on from their election to power, the Maoist Government of Nepal has failed to deliver on its promises to protect women, Amnesty International said today.

Nepal: Government fails to protect women human rights activists from violent attacks - 10 April 2009

One year on from their election to power, the Maoist Government of Nepal has failed to deliver on its promises to protect women, Amnesty International said today. 

Nepal's government fails to protect women human rights activists - 10 April 2009

A year into its rule, the Maoist government has failed to live up to its commitments to improving women's human rights, including protecting women human rights defende

Nepal: Human rights abuses rise as conflict continues - 2 April 2004

When peace talks between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the government in Nepal broke down in August 2003, there was an immediate increase in human rights

Nepal: Blockade leads to further abuses of general population - 23 August 2004

In a worrying development in the deteriorating situation in Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) is blockading all vehicles from entering or leaving Kath

Cycle of impunity raised with Nepal's President and UN High Commissioner - 17 March 2009

Amnesty International has written to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights following a meeting between a delegation from the organization and the Nepalese Presid