News Bhutan Politics: Bhutan: Freed Political Prisoner Describes Dire Conditions
(New York) – A released political prisoner from Bhutan has described severely declining conditions for the country’s unjustly held political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today. Bhutan imprisons ...
News Bhutan Politics: Bhutan’s Long-Serving Political Prisoners Should be Released
“The physical torture was merciless,” said one man, “so we had no option but to present ourselves to the court based on [the security forces’] demands and their statements.” “They would beat me up, so ...
News Bhutan Politics: Bhutan political prisoner dies in detention
Sha Bahadur Gurung was 30 years old when he was arrested for participating in a peaceful protest. He died aged 65 last week in Bhutan’s Chamgang Central Prison. He was among 31 prisoners of conscience ...
News Bhutan Politics: One step forward, two steps back
Decades have since passed, and Bhutan has gone through a democratic transformation that has placed the bulk of political power in the hands of an elected Prime Minister and the Cabinet. Yet, oddly ...
News Bhutan Politics: In happy Bhutan, the Prime Minister is a doc on Saturdays
Bhutan is carbon negative and its constitution mandates that ... Tshering, who trained in Bangladesh, Japan, Australia and the United States, began his political career in 2013, but his party failed ...
News Bhutan Politics: Bhutan’s National Council Chairman to visit Vietnam
The visit is made at the invitation of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, the committee said. Vietnam and Bhutan officially established diplomatic ties on January 19, 2012. The two countries have ...
News Bhutan Politics: Bhutan’s part-time prime minister is a doctor at the weekends
Bhutan is carbon negative and its constitution mandates that ... Tshering, who trained in Bangladesh, Japan, Australia and the United States, began his political career in 2013, but his party failed ...
