Category: Human Rights

A total of 185 Bhutanese, who were resettled in South Australia since 2008, have received Australian citizenship at a special ceremony held in Adelaide on Sunday. Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, granted citizenship certificates to them. Bhanu Adhikari, whose family was the first to arrive in...

This is my first human rights report in series. In addition to regular press freedom reports, I commit myself in producing annual human rights report on Bhutan, henceforth. This report brings in the issues of human rights violations, government’s effort towards promoting and protecting human rights of the citizens...

This week a news appeared me on Kuensel that astonished me. If that’s a true news, I am really shocked to learn the idea of justice delivery in the country I was born in. The blockade of Bhutanomics website had invited a heated debate recently and raised questioned the...

Exiled Bhutanese in Beldangi on Tuesday warned of agitation if the Nepalese government fails to take up their demand of repatriation seriously. They also accused the Nepalese government of being reluctant towards their past agitations which were also launched, in part, to pur pressure On Bhutan government for repatriation....

Though the constitution gives right to the people to choose the religion they like and conduct prayers as they wish, Bhutan continues to enforce the policy of zero tolerance against Christianity. Bhutan government has not so far recognized any institutions or church for Christians. Buddhists are supported by the...