Category: Human Rights

During an interaction with the newly elected gups (Mandals), after the local government election this year, King Jigme Khesar had mentioned that democratisation process has been completed with that election. It came in line with the annual report of the government presented by PM Thinley at the parliament this...

The Prime Minister’s annual report to the parliament, presented during the last session, mentions that Bhutan has attained 94 percent primary enrolment in school in 2010. Punakha has attained 100 percent enrolment. And the government’s latest Bhutan Multiple Indicator Survey report states 8 percent of Bhutanese aged 6 to...

Last night, a Kuensel intern was attacked on the staircase of the building she was staying at Olakha. She was on her way home from office. The attackers, two of them, strangled her and tried to snatch the laptop she was carrying in her backpack. Fortunately, her taekwando skills...

The latest revelation from UNHCR reads news about resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in seven western countries to have reached almost 49,000. For UNHCR this seems to be a glory, great achievement. Out of 48,763 resettled so far, 40,971 Bhutanese have chosen United States as their new home followed by...

Road through democratisation is not smooth as the rulers in Bhutan had predicted. When this best governance model was projected in semi-demon form three years back, royalists took enough opportunities to publicise that democracy was the gift from palace despite public refusal. Characteristically, had that been the circumstances, post...

A mix-up in the cockpit and pilot error was to blame for an air crash in Nepal’s eastern hills late last year that left 22 mostly Buddhist pilgrims dead, an investigator said Monday. The Tara Air plane bound for Kathmandu carrying 19 passengers crashed in dense cloud in December...