SC
orders four Bhutanese refugees deported from US
not to be held in prison (kh 24/04/2025)
UN
experts call for release of long-held political
prisoners in Bhutan : They express deep concern at
reports of detainees being severely tortured, both
to extract confessions and to punish them (kp
18/04/2025) [This is called
Gross National Happiness!]
Supreme
Court stays deportation of four Bhutanese refugees
: Nepali authorities arrested three of them from
Beldangi refugee camp and the fourth one from
Bahundangi last month, by Parbat Portel (kp
18/04/2025)
As
Bhutan disowns, Nepal in a fix over 4 US-deported
refugees : Nepal’s home ministry asks foreign
ministry to take up the issue with Thimphu through
diplomatic channels, by Anil Giri (kp
11/04/2025)
Six
UN Special Rapporteurs condemn Bhutan’s
persecution of political prisoners, Demand
immediate release (rep 05/04/2025)
Bhutanese
refugee groups slam Bhutan for deporting
US-expelled refugees : They reiterated that
third-country resettlement is not a long-term
solution for Bhutanese refugees and emphasised
that the only viable resolution is their dignified
repatriation (kp 02/04/2025)
GCRPPB calls for urgent action
as US-deported Bhutanese refugees expelled again,
face statelessness (rep 31/03/2025) [Trump is a criminal, but the world
already knows this!]
Bhutan’s
political prisoner, refugee crisis raised at UN
Human Rights Council (rep 27/03/2025)
Detainees
in dire straits in Bhutan’s prisons : UN experts
find political prisoners held illegally in Bhutan,
call for immediate release (nt 21/03/2025)
UN
Working Group condemns Bhutan for arbitrary
detention and HR violations (rep 18/03/2025)
Small
Bhutan Dreams Big : Despite a painful refugee
history, Nepal and Bhutan have much to learn from
each other, by Sonia Awale (nt 28/02/20025)
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