Tag: bhutan

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...

IT’S A rare phenomenon for a country to prefer building forests, rather than cities. However, Bhutan subscribes to such a outlook. Here, forests and green pastures are expanding across the country to the detriment of real estate companies, which are unable to find people to buy or rent houses....

Bhutanese community in Melbourne (Australia) hosted one of the biggest multicultural festivals over the weekend with an objective of promoting Nepali-Bhutanese culture and enhancing cross-cultural harmony and friendship. The government ministers, local leaders and veteran social workers appreciated the initiation taken by Bhutanese community, who have started resettling only...

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea and Rwanda to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2013. The five countries obtained the required two-thirds majority of those Member States present and voting in...

Sustainability of political parties was one of the biggest debates in several sessions of the parliament for last four and half years. The question still remains unresolved whether parties can sustain themselves or need support. Until this day, parties are legally allowed to get financial donations only from the...