Born in October 10, 1952, Balaram Poudyal started his career as social activist. He has written books like Bhutan Pharkanda (upon return to Bhutan), Bhutan: Hijo-ra-Aaja (Bhutan: past and present), Sobal. He also worked as an Editor of Bhutani Aawaj. Currently, Poudyal leads Bhutan Peoples' Party (BPP) that led the political demonstration of 1990 in … Read more
Kathmandu, November 28: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has shown serious concern over the unimproved camp lives of exiled Bhutanese. In an interaction program with the Bhutanese Refugee Durable Solution Coordinating Committee (BRDSCC), one of the members of the HRW, Katinka Ridderbos said that the situation is getting deteriorated. She also stressed on the necessity of coordination … Read more
New Delhi, November 25: A conference on Bhutan's proposed constitution, democracy and exiled Bhutanese was held on November 25 at Indian International Centre, New Delhi. Jointly organized by Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre, Indo-Bhutan Friendship society and Druk National Congress, dozens of leaders from India joined to extend support to the Bhutanese democratic … Read more
Beldangi, November 24: US envoy to Nepal James F Moriarty urged the exiled Bhutanese to take up the US proposition of resettling them to a third country as an "opportunity". The US envoy who was in Beldangi, Jhapa on a field trip, told the exiled Bhutanese must reap the benefit by accepting the resettling proposal … Read more
Kathmandu, November 18: Bhutan has agreed to take back those people falling under category I and IV as per the verification by Joint Verification Team of Nepal and Bhutan government. According to the information given by head of EU Troika team Pekka Mesto, who recently visited Bhutan, the Bhutan government has expressed its willingness to … Read more
Kathmandu, November 16: The foreign ministerial level meeting between Bhutan and Nepal scheduled for next week to finalise the issue of Bhutanese in exiled has been postponed indefinitely. Talking to journalists on Thursday at the Foreign Ministry after his meeting with the three-member EU Troika team, Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs … Read more
BY TILAK P. POKHAREL BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMPS, Nov 12 – "Burden-sharing" is a term widely used while referring to resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in third countries. But, are they really a burden for Nepalis? The answer in "no" for many Nepali communities hosting the refugees for 16 years. Rather, the refugees' presence has helped them … Read more
BY TILAK P. POKHAREL BHUTANESE REFUGEES CAMPS, Nov 11 – Repatriation. That is what 106,000 Bhutanese refugees languishing in seven camps in eastern Nepal have been looking forward to for the last 16 years. As the years passed, repatriation became more elusive; but it is stronger now than ever before, in the days following the … Read more
BY TILAK P. POKHAREL Jhapa and Morang, November 10 – The whisper about Bhutanese refugees taking up arms against the Druk monarch's absolute rule has been in the air for quite some time. Now there are growing evidences that refugees frustrated with the Druk regime's refusal to repatriate them are gravitating toward the arms option. … Read more
New Delhi, November 11: Exiled Bhutanese would be compelled to take up arms and destabilize north-east India if the Indian government continues to ignore them in their efforts for repatriation, a study report released on Friday concluded. According to the report, the exiled Bhutanese would wage a war against India if Indian government doesn't respond positively … Read more