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Activists seek clear policy on refugees (ht 05/05/012)
Canada to accept more refugees: Bhutanese in the camps elated (ht 04/05/2012)
Refugee held with Nepali citizenship: Admits he forged papers to send Nepalis to US, Canada (ht 30/04/2012)
Refugees forced to end hunger strike: Officials say they acted on doctor’s suggestions (ht 30/04/2012)
Bhutanese school gutted (ht 30/04/2012)
Refugees refuse to end hunger strike (ht 29/04/2012)
Happiness is a place: Bhutan tries to balance mass tourism with cultural preservation, by Ron Corben (nt 23/03/2012)
56 refugee huts destroyed infire (kp 03/03/2012)
Divorce cases on rise in Bhutanese refugees' camps (nn 02/03/2012)
50,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled in US (rep 31/01/2012)
Bhutan’s tobacco politics: If the trend continues, Bhutan will label thousands of its own citizens as “tobacco criminals”, by Vidhyapati Mishra (kp 15/01/2012)
Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees: When Nepali spouse is a problem, by Raju Adhikari (rep 11/01/2012)
UNHCR welcomes European Commission donation for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (nn 28/12/2011), Rs 330m European
succour for UNHCR (kp 29/12/2011)
Bhutanese refugee issue: Dialogue put on backburner (ht 27/12/2011)
Left in a limbo: Neither the Government of Nepal nor the UNHCR can prevent arrival of new asylum seekers from Bhutan, by Vidhyapati Mishra (kp 28/11/2011)
Refugees on warpath (ht 24/11/2011)
Bhutanese refugees on hunger strike (rep 16/11/2011), 15 Bhutanese women go on hunger strike demanding refugee status (nn 16/11/2011), Fast-unto-death of Bhutanese asylum seekers continues on fifth day (nn 19/11/2011), Hunger strike of Bhutanese women enters 11th day (nn 25/11/2011), Bhutanese women call off hunger strike as govt commits to address demands (nn 26/11/2011), Refugee women call off strike, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 28/11/2011), ‘No refugee status
on marriage ground’ (kp 30/11/2011)
50,000 Bhutanese resettled (ht 03/11/2011)
Twin blasts rocks insular Bhutan ahead of royal wedding (nn 11/10/2011)
Campaign to file lawsuit against former Bhutanese king (ht 07/09/2011)
The costly ‘Shangri-La’: Bhutan to be even more expensive next year (ht 06/09/2011)
Beyond the dzong, by Carey L Biron and Travis Lupick (hsa 09/2011)
No refuge when refugees leave: As camps for Bhutan refugees close, locals lose business, by Marcus Benigno (nt 26/08/2011), Those who want to stay: Bhampa
Rai was a royal physician before being driven out of Bhutan. Unlike
most refugees, he doesn't want to be resettled in America or Europe, by Gopal Gartaula (nt 26/08/2011)
Refugee leaders opt for third country plan, by Parbat Portel (kp 24/08/2011)
Bhutanese refugee resettlement reaches 50,000 (rep 18/08/2011), ‘51,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled’, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 18/08/2011)
Resettled refugees want repatriation (ht 14/08/2011)
Trade pact with Bhutan on cards (rep 08/08/2011)
Iron, steel lead country's exports to Bhutan, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 27/07/2011)
The wheels that didn’t turn full circle, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 19/07/2011)
Bhutanese agony: Despite repatriation, the refugee problem is far from settled (kp 05/07/2011), Bhutanese leaders asked to unite against third country resettlement, by Vidhyapati Mishra (nn 06/07/2011), Refugees rue govt, UNHCR ‘apathy’ (kp 07/07/2011)
The gravy train: Fake Bhutanese refugee bubble pops, by Baburam Kharel (kp 04/07/2011), Bhutanese refugee ID card forgery racket busted (ht 04/07/2011)
Repatriation hopes fading fast?, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 21/06/2011)
Camps:
a new chapter: As the UNHCR and Nepal government begin planning for
transition from humanitarian to development operationsin Bhutanese
refugee camps, lack of conceptual clarity and finances could undermine
their efforts , by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 18/06/2011)
A new initiative: The Nepal government and UNHCR have moved forward to prepare a long-term strategy, by Stephane Jaquemet (kp 15/06/2011)
New plan to create social cohesion among refugees, local communities, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 14/06/2011)
PM Khanal tells Bhutan to accept refugees back home (nn 10/06/2011)
Help resolve refugee issue: US to Bhutan (kp 07/06/2011), US seeks end to refugee problem: Asks Bhutan govt to take immediate measures (ht 07/06/2011), Right to return: For many of Nepal’s Bhutanese refugees, resettlement wasn’t their first choice, by Yadab Bastola (kp 07/06/2011)
‘Bhutanese refugees treated like royalty’, interview with James C. Hatahaway (kp 05/06/2011)
Nepal-Bhutan trade talks to be held in Thimpu (kp 24/05/2011), Nepal, Bhutan exchange lists of tradable items, by Anil Giri (kp 31/05/2011)
Refugees wage war against donors, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 20/05/2011)
Locals obstruct relocation of Bhutanese refugee camp in Jhapa (nn 20/05/2011)
Bhutan should take back its citizens, interview with US Ambassador DeLisi (sp 13/05/2011)
Resettled Bhutanese donate cash to fire victims in camps, by Vidhyapathi Mishra (nn 13/05/2011)
Nepal-Bhutan trade talks in Thimphu (ht 12/05/2011), A trade pact with Bhutan (ht 16/05/2011), Trade talks with Bhutan next week (rep 17/05/2011)
Gross National Shame, by Anurag Acharya (nt 29/04/2011)
Bhutanese seek action against Jigme (kp 27/04/2011), Bhutanese to file suits against ex-Bhutan king (ht 27/04/2011)
Number of resettled Bhutanese refugees crosses 44000 (nn 22/04/2011)
Reviving The JVT, by Uttam Maharjan (rep 21/04/2011)
Consolidation of Bhutanese refugee camp accelerates (nn 19/04/2011)
Nepal gearing up for trade treaty with Bhutan (ht 18/04/2011)
Family portrait of Bhutan Nepalis in USA, by Deepak Adhikari (rep 15/04/2011)
Nepal to seek dialogue on refugees’ return (kp 11/04/2011), Bhutanese PM arriving Kathmandu Thursday (rep 14/04/2011), Nepal to raise refugee, trade, tourism issues (kp 14/04/2011), Nepal, Bhutan agree for dialogue on refugee issue (rep 15/04/2011), Bhutan PM tees off on Nepal course (kp 15/04/2011), Bhutanese PM calls on Nepali counterpart; refugee talks to 'resume' (nn 15/04/2011), Nepal, Bhutan yes to resume refugee talks (kp 16/04/2011), Nepal, Bhutan to resume talks: Fate of thousands of refugees in Nepal to take centre stage (ht 16/04/2011), Bhutan refuses third country intervention, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 17/04/2011), Refugee talk (rep 17/04/2011), Bhutan PM slams door on refugees (kp 17/04/2011), ‘Refugee issue can be
settled only bilaterally’ (ht 17/04/2011), Nepal-Bhutan agree to revise air service agreement (rep 17/04/2011), BPP flays Druk PM’s remarks (kp 18/04/2011), Bhutanese outfit flays Thinley’s statement: Nepali help for talks sought (ht 18/04/2011)
Cards for those without (kp 08/04/2011)
Bhutanese refugee issue concerns Prez (ht 06/04/2011)
Fire aftermath: Refugees’ relocation sparks locals’ outcry, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 04/04/2011)
Lhotshampa eclipse?, by A.C. Sinha (Himal Southasian 04/2011)
Third country resettlement: Fire-hit refugees seek right of way in process (kp 24/03/2011)
Jhapa inferno: Fire razes 1,200 huts of refugees, by Lila Baral and Chetan Adhikari (kp 23/03/2011)
Repatriation work ends (kp 16/03/2011)
Bhutanese refugees rue their plight, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 13/03/2011)
The next big one, by Kunda Dixit (hsa 03/2011)
Bhutanese refugees het up at camp merger, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 27/02/2011)
Internet phones boon to camped Bhutanese refugees (kp 19/02/2011)
US holds resettlement of Bhutanese refugees; says it is revising screening procedures (nn 18/02/2011)
Camp evacuation in east under way (ht 02/02/2011)
Refugees brave cold to pick reps, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 21/01/2011), Bhutanese refugee camps elect new secretaries (nn 21/01/2011)
New home: Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, and those resettled in New Zealand (nt 21/01/2011)
"We will struggle for full democracy", interview with Rongthong Kuenley Dorji, President of the exiled Druk National Congress (nt 21/01/2011)
Repatriation of Bhutanese hard nut to crack: UNHCR, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 19/01/2011)
Refugees wage identity war, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 11/01/2011), Refugees launch hunger strike, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 12/01/2011)
Rhythms of democracy: Bhutanese go to the polls in the firstever local elections slated to be held this month, by I.P. Adhikari (kp 05/01/2011)
Kagyupa
only: A creeping clampdown on Christianity in Bhutan poses the serious
question of whether the kingdom has really set itself on the path to
secular democracy, by I.P. Adhikari (Himal Southasian 01/2011)
Bhutanese HR activist Rizal accuses Nepal of weakening Bhutanese democratic struggle by accepting resettlement programme (nn 30/12/2010)
Some refugees denied resettlement, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 19/12/2010), Refugee solution: Some Bhutanese will face uncertain future (kp 19/12/2010)
UNHCR ops scale-down on the cards, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 14/12/2010), US largest new home for Bhutanese refugees (kp 14/12/2010), More than 40,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled till date (ht 14/12/2010)
An open letter to Jigme Y Thinley, by Tek Nath Rizal (rep 14/12/2010)
There is no cap for resettlement quota for America: DeLisi (nn 13/12/2010)
Unregistered Bhutanese refugees’ woes (ht 11/12/2010)
Bhutanese refugees launch worldwide campaign to set free political prisoners (nn 10/12/2010)
Over 36 pc refugees resettled (ht 07/12/2010)
Rights experts call for establishment of HR commissions in all South Asian countries including Bhutan (nn 28/11/2010)
Refugees demand citizenship (kp 20/11/2010), ‘Refugees facing hard time in Nepal’ (ht 20/11/2010)
Ethnic exclusion, by Jainendra Jeevan (rep 11/11/2010)
Bhutanese national of Nepali origin sentenced for screening movies on Christianity (nn 20/10/2010)
A Bhutanese ‘refugee’ with a difference, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 28/09/2010)
Nepal-Bhutan trade talks in November (ht 20/09/2010)
Language a major barrier for resettled refugees, by Saraswati Karki (kp 19/09/2010)
Whose happiness? Gross National Happiness is a political ruse to divert world’s attention from Bhutan’s inhumane policies, by Tikaram Adhikari (kp 08/09/2010)
The toilet connection: Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees has brought new challenges, especially when it comes to sanitation (kp 04/09/2010)
EC's ECHO to extend Rs 144 million for assisting Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (nn 04/09/2010)
Number of US-resettled Bhutanese refugees reaches 30,000 (nn 01/09/2010), US to resettle 30,000 refugees (kp 02/09/2010)
Bhutanese refugee leaders announce unified move for democracy in Bhutan (nn 26/08/2010)
First lot of Bhutanese refugees depart for resettlement in UK (nn 09/08/2010), UK door opens for refugees, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 10/08/2010), 37 refugees
leave for UK (ht 10/08/2010)
Withering heights, by Deepak Adhikari and Pranab Kharel (kp 07/08/2010)
Three dozen Bhutanese refugees leave for UK, by Lila Baral (kp 06/08/2010)
Agitating refugees rake in support: Secretaries of Jhapa, Morang camps express solidarity (ht 30/07/2010)
People without a nation, by Dinkar Nepal (rep 28/07/2010)
Bhutanese without refugee status begin hunger strike (nn 26/07/2010), Bhutanese refugees seek relief, go off their feed, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 27/06/2010), Bhutanese refugees on hunger strike (ht 27/07/2010)
Threats have refugees on edge, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 19/07/2010)
They don’t have to sing for supper now, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 15/07/2010)
Don't count your chickens: The Bhutanese government has projected overly optimistic double-digit growth, by I.P. Adhikari (kp 14/07/2010)
Language in Bhutan: The only good option for policy makers is to sideline Dzongkha in favour of English, by I.P. Adhikari (kp 04/07/2010)
We are advocating for refugees' repatriation: UNHCR Chief (nn 18/06/2010), 32,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled so far; UNHCR says resettlement programme has become it largest (nn 19/06/2010), Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees UNHCR’s largest work (rn 20/06/2010), UNHCR savours Nepal success (kp 20/06/2010)
Post Resettlement Employment, by Vidhyapati Mishra & B.M. Dhakal (rn 02/06/2010) [see part 2 (09/10/2010)
Bundle of lies: The ‘people in the camps’ are refugees ejected by Bhutan’s ‘one nation, one people’ policy, by Narayan Sharma (kp 31/05/2010)
Heart of matter: Language and culture are not sources of conflict, they bring harmony and peace, by I.P. Adhikari (kp 28/05/2010)
4,550 Bhutanese resettled in 4 months (ht 22/05/2010)
Special occasion: Until Bhutan has a day for democracy, it will be an absolute monarchy, by I.P. Adhikari (kp 09/05/2010)
30 huts gutted by fire in Bhutanese refugee camp (nn 08/05/2010), Fire engulfs refugee camp (ht 09/05/2010)
A diaspora begins, by T.P. Mishra (Himal Southasian, May 2010)
Bhutan to resolve refugee row (ht 28/04/2010), Nepal, Bhutan hold talks on refugees (rn 28/04/2010)
Delhi Court dismisses extradition case of a refugee leader (nn 22/04/2010)
Bhutan’s donor-funded hydro project to export clean energy to South Asia (ht 15/04/2010)
Open
letter to Jigme Y. Thinley: There is no alternative for your government
except to expedite the dignified repatriation process, by T.P. Mishra (kp 08/04/2010)
Bhutanese Women: Are They Happy?, by Aditi Kapoor (rn 07/04/2010) [Bhutan
is making the same mistakes that Nepal has made decades ago under the
authoritarian and non-inclusive royal system; Nepal's history is
repeating in Bhutan!]
PM Nepal asks his Bhutanese counterpart to take back refugees (nn 01/04/2010), Bhutan PM meets Nepali counterpart (ht 02/04/2010), Bhutan should respect refugees' right to return home: Nepal (rn 02/04/2010), Bhutanese Refugee Issue: Bhutan proposes int’l coordination (kp 02/04/2010), PM On Bhutanese Refugees (rn 03/04/2010), Refugee Issue: The Onus Is On Bhutan (rn 06/04/2010)
Bhutan urged to settle refugee issue with Nepal, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 20/03/2010)
Bhutanese Refugees: Education Suffers, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 17/03/2010)
Nepal-Bhutan trade talks (kp 17/03/2010), Nepal, Bhutan talk trade (rn 18/03/2010), Govts effort to reduce its trade gap with Bhutan (ht 18/03/2010)
No To Armed Struggle In Bhutan, by Durga Giri (rn 17/03/2010)
Bhutanese refugees to be resettled in UK as well (nn 09/03/2010)
Tightening his grip: The king has set up the Bhutan Media Foundation putting press freedom in doubt, by T.P. Mishra (kp 07/03/2010)
English teaching for refugees (rn 21/02/2010)
Bhutanese refugee leader shot dead in Jhapa (nn 20/02/2010), Bhutan refugee shot dead (ht 21/02/2010), Refugee leaders demand security, by Parbat Portel (kp 22/02/2010)
PM to Bhutan: Take back refugees (kp 11/02/2010), PM stresses on repatriation (ht 11/02/2010)
Bhutanese minister extends invitation for 16th SAARC summit to PM Nepal (nn 10/02/2010)
Two Bhutanese refugees commit suicide (nn 06/02/2010)
Bhutanese refugees: Repatriation EU priority (kp 27/01/2010)
Bhutanese refugees in Europe come under single platform (nn 23/01/2010)
Anti the dragon: Jigme can learn from Gyanendra that adamancy can be costly, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 22/01/2010)
Over 150 huts gutted by fire in Bhutani refugee camp (Relief Web 21/01/2010), Jhapa fire renders 800 refugees homeless, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 22/01/2010), Aid reaches hundreds of fire-affected Bhutanese refugees (nn 22/01/2010), Emergency aid to refugees (kp 23/01/2010)
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