Human rights situation concerning: World Human Rights State Report

Kathmandu, April 29: The World Human Rights Report has revealed a worrying state of human rights across the globe in 2024.

Amnesty International’s report ‘The State of the World’s Human Rights’, released today, shows that the human rights situation in the world is worrisome. The entire human world is being pushed towards a cruel era where authoritarian practices and corporate greed have been intermingled, the report noted.

In the report prepared after observing the human rights situation in 150 countries, Amnesty International said there will be a global human rights crisis. The proliferation of authoritarian laws, policies and practices targeting freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly that Amnesty International documented in 2024 was central to the global backlash against human rights, the report stated.

The report provides evidence that the collective failure to address the climate crisis, reverse growing inequality and control corporate power is pushing future generations towards more extremes than ever.

“By failing to adequately regulate new technologies, misusing surveillance tools, and deepening the roots of discrimination and inequality through the increasing use of artificial intelligence, the government is doing further harm to current and future generations,” the report said.

“We must resist against the power and profit-making reckless State that seeks to take away human rights, and the massive and depraved movement will always remain united in the inherent dignity and shared faith in human rights of all people on this planet,” Amnesty said.

The human rights situation was not satisfactory when it reviewed the Asia-Pacific region, the Amnesty shared. Human rights defenders and activists are at risk of political instability contributing to the human rights situation, the report said.
The report was jointly released by Bipin Budhathoki, President of Amnesty International in Nepal and Sarita Lamichhane, President of Prayatna Nepal. They also said that the human rights situation in Nepal is not satisfactory.

According to the world human rights report presented by Amnesty International Nepal Director Nirajan Thapaliya, 300 journalists were killed in 2024, of which 100 were Palestinian journalists. “The human rights situation across the world in 2024 was worrisome,” Thapaliya said.