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Banished
after release, jailed Bhutanese can’t return even
to their former refugee camp : Former Bhutanese
political prisoners Chatur Man Tamang and Hasta
Bahadur Rai are unable to enter Nepal after
spending more than 18 years in Bhutan jail because
they were not given release documents, by
Parbat Portel (kp 17/06/2026)
Fake
Bhutanese Refugee Scam Enters Final Stretch:
Everything You Need to Know : From forged refugee
lists and millions in fraud to the prosecution of
powerful politicians and bureaucrats, the landmark
case has now entered a hearing phase that will
continue until a final ruling, by Binod Dhakal
(nn 11/06/2026)
Rejected
at border, former Bhutanese political prisoners
return after 18 years in jail : Denied entry into
Nepal for lacking identification documents, Chatur
Man Tamang and Hasta Bahadur Rai head back towards
Bhutan with nowhere else to go, by Parbat
Portel (kp 03/06/2026), GCRPPB
welcomes release of two Bhutanese political
prisoners, calls for freedom of remaining 28
(nn 04/06/2026)
Nepal’s
New Government Must Act on Longstanding Refugee
Issue, by Ram Karki (rep 15/03/2026)
Darjeeling
leader appeals to Bhutan king to pardon
Nepali-speaking political prisoners (rep
06/02/2026)
GCRPPB
welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Bhutanese
refugees (rep 12/01/2026)
Rights
groups demand independent probe into ‘mysterious’
death of Bhutanese political prisoner (rep
02/01/2026)
Right
group calls for probe into mysterious death of
Bhutanese political prisoner (rep 23/12/2025)
GCRPPB
calls for release of all Bhutanese political
prisoners (rep 11/12/2025)
A
Democracy Test for Bhutan, by Ram Karki (rep
15/11/2025)
Is
Bhutan facing an existential crisis?, by
Ishwar Khanal (20/07/2025)
“Bhutan’s
survival hinges on the return of its exiled
people”, interview with Balaram Paudel,
President of the Bhutan People’s Party (BPP) (kh
16/07/2025)
Bhutan
Watch exposes deepening Human Rights crisis in
Bhutan in 2025 report (rep 09/06/2025)
Nepal, Bhutan
discuss joint efforts on climate change and
Himalayan issues (kh 17/05/2025) [This is fine, but what about the
refugee issue?]
Bhutan
Watch dedicates latest journal to late Dr Rizal
(rep 06/05/2025)
Bhutan, the movie
: A powerful portrayal of longing for one’s
homeland, even from afterlife, by Sudiksha
Tuladhar (nt 02/05/2025)
Deported
by US, denied by Bhutan : Four Bhutanese refugee
youths who were flown to Thimphu have arrived in
Nepal and returned to their old refugee camps in
Jhapa, by Parbat Portel (kp 30/04/2025)
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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