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UN Working Group Condemns Bhutan for Arbitrary Detention and Human Rights Violations

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has released Opinion No. 60/2024, exposing Bhutan’s continued human rights violations

Bhutan’s Inclusion in the U.S. Travel Ban: A Wake-Up Call for the Himalayan Kingdom By Ram Karki Bhutan, long romanticized

By Srijana Sapkota and Divya Chauwan, Geneva, Switzerland In an incredible week of advocacy, the Global Campaign for the Release

By Nanda Bhandari (Nimesh) In an impressive display of cultural pride and diversity, the Association of Bhutanese in Australia (ABA)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected Bhutan’s economy to grow by 5.5 % this year. In a report released

King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk has appointed former Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering, as the inaugural Governor of

By Ram Karki I reflect on the just-concluded three-day high-profile conference of the Bhutan Innovation Forum with concern. The outcome

By Ram Karki The much-hyped three-day-long Bhutan Innovation Forum is kickstarting today, 1 October 2024, at Paro Bhutan. Several Nobel

Explaining the several incidents of human rights violations such as arbitrary detention, unfair trials, Unlawful state seizures of private land,

New York-based Human Rights Watch, in its strongly worded press release published today on Bhutanese political prisoners, said that even