Category: Human Rights

Mainstream economists and almost all national bureaucracies around the world use measures such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Gross National Product (GNP) to measure and track economic activity. These measurements are evidence-based. Hard data is aggregated and analyzed to come up with a picture of a national economy...

One of the silent arguments Bhutan insist on 1990 eviction spree was that this small country cannot sustain multiculturalism and that Dzongkha speaking community might become endangered due to growing population of other ethnic groups. In one instance in Geneva, a Bhutanese politician had mentioned that world community must...

The seventh session of the first parliament ended Friday. This time, leaders have better debates compared to past and worked little more on drafting and adopting laws. Many crucial issues have been looked into and bitter relations between the two houses have been normalised. Both the houses were ready...

दोस्रो चरणको स्थानीय चुनाव सम्पन्न गरेर प्रजातान्त्रिक प्रणालीलाई मूर्तरुप दिएकोमा भुटानका मन्त्रि र राजपरिवार फुरुंग छन् अहिले । गत सोमबार दोस्रो चरण अन्तर्गत देशका २०५ ब्लक र ख बर्गका शहरमा चुनाव सम्पन्न भयो । ३ लाख ४७ हजार १ सय ३३ मतदाता मध्ये करिब ५५ प्रतिशतले मात्र मताधिकार प्रयोग...

Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas wants to stop new refugees coming to the city for two years. The city has been a major hub for the International Resettlement Program, which allows hundreds from around the world to find refuge from political persecution, ethnic cleansing and natural disasters. But Gatsas said...

When the ICRC delegation visited Bhutanese jails in later 1990s to inquire about the conditions of inmates, the government was hurried to improve their conditions. Only few of the ICRC reports mention the need for improvement of jail conditions. The agreement between the ICRC and Bhutan government was so...