Category: Human Rights

The muscle flexing of the two rising powers in Asia is posing serious threat to the very stability in Himalayas this summer. The tussle is between the uncompromising New Delhi and Beijing whereas pain is transferred to the local residents who fear tension escalation means their life in danger....

It’s a pity fact but the reality is Nepali-speaking community outside Nepal in South Asia always struggled to manifest their loyalty and live in constant suspicion of treason, while continue face trouble in establishing their identity. Current discourse is of course from the northern India – Darjeeling and Kalimpong....

The level of silence that Bhutanese media maintained about the departure of a senior journalist Namgay Zam from country is the sheer reflection of how freedom of expression, as guaranteed by the land’s constitution, is flourishing in this Himalayan nation. The media fraternity has not revealed why it was...

One of the least debated issues about Liberal budget this year in Australia was about the government’s devious pressure for social security beneficiaries to return to workforce. Many will be loosing their government support outright while others will do in near future if they failed to adequately make efforts...

This week, Australian research institute Centre for Gender Economics and Innovation (C4GEi) and Infinitas Asset Management released a report that particularly drew my interest. This is all about performance indicators and female participation. From the time I got involved with Save the Children in 1997, I always advocated against...

In next few months, Bhutan will be presenting its second report on Human Rights for Universal Periodic Report to the UN. The first report was gathered a huge number of critics and many countries recommended to improve the human rights situation in the country. In the last five years,...