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Photo essay: refugees from Bhutan

In Bhutan, a Himalayan country famed for its focus on Gross National Happiness, the Nepalese minority has been forced out. Anna Husarska traveled to their refugee camps to document their plight Born in Bhutan, a Himalayan country of less than a million inhabitants, this woman will probably never again see her homeland; this photo was taken [...]

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Posted in News Analysis on 20 November 2009 Comments (4)

Several huts blown off by windy rain

Several dozens of bamboo huts in camps were blown off by incessant rain, which appeared in the eastern region since a week

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Posted in Main News on 28 May 2009 Comments (1)

UNHCR, donors reps visit camps

Chief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nepal Daisy Dell, accompanied by chief donor representatives toured the Bhutanese refugee camps in Jhapa and Morang districts on Wednesday

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Posted in Main News on 21 May 2009 Comments (0)

‘Too early to say Bhutan has press freedom’

A Bhutanese journalist working with a weekly newspaper published from Thimphu said it would be too early to say that Bhutan has press freedom even after the country adopted constitution and changed its politics from absolute monarchy to parliamentary democracy last year

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Posted in Media Monitor on 03 May 2009 Comments (0)

Noble way of flourishing Buddhism

Bhutan, which used brutal measures to protect Drukpa Kagyu sub-sect of Buddhism, has not finally found a noble way to make it popular – including Buddhism in national curriculum

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Posted in Main News on 01 May 2009 Comments (0)

UNHCR Nepal chief assures continued assistance

Chief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nepal Daisy Dell has assured that she would leave no stone unturned in assisting exiled Bhutanese living in Nepal

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Posted in Main News on 10 April 2009 Comments (0)

Building village-camp relations

Representatives from exiled Bhutanese community living in UNHCR administered camps in Beldangi and local residents have started building measure to warm up relations

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Posted in Main News on 26 March 2009 Comments (0)

Some 1,850 appearing SLC

1,850 out of 2051 exiled Bhutanese students of Class X from seven camps in Jhapa and Morang sat for their School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations on Wednesday

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Posted in Main News on 26 March 2009 Comments (0)

Bhutan proposes to host SAARC summit

For the first time, Bhutan has expressed its willingness to host the 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit after the Maldives declined to host citing global recession

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Posted in Main News on 25 March 2009 Comments (5)

Indian Socialist to back Bhutan’s democratic struggle

An Indian leader said they support the two-decade long struggle by the Bhutanese people for establishment of democracy and human rights in Bhutan

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Posted in Main News on 24 March 2009 Comments (0)

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