Tag: freedom

COVID19, emergency power and civil liberties

Coronavirus has not only destabilised our health system but economy too. Experts and politicians are rambling around the prospects of economy when we pass this virus era. Far beyond this, there is more disturbing image of possibility of decline of democracy and civil liberties that we enjoyed. The failure...

The Making of the Constitution and Democracy in Bhutan

By Sonam Tobgye and Thrimchi Lyonpo His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck astounded the nation and bewildered the Council of Ministers, the Chief Justice of Bhutan, the Speaker and the Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council on 4th of September 2001 by the pronouncement of the need to draft a...

Diplomats’ crowd in Thimphu

The Bhutanese media remain silent, or remain unknown, but diplomats from 16 countries, mostly based in New Delhi and Dhaka visited Bhutan in last week of May. Diplomats from Lithuania, Ethiopia, Albanian and Dominican Republic, all based in New Delhi, met with Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley in Thimphu on...

Challenging the JYT factor in Bhutanese politics

Bhutan is gradually opening up. Freedom of organisation, freedom to choose political through is getting in though the Bhutanese blood and sense. The mouths that remained shut for centuries are looking for every opportunity to speak, marginalised and sidelined personalities are taking up to show the strength. Suppressed groups...