Bronx, New York: New York-based local online news portal syracuse.com has wrote in today’s edition that in some areas of Syracuse in New York State in USA, there have increased incidents concerning physical attacks on exiled Bhutanese resettled here.
According to the report published in the online, eight men attacked Hari Rizai while he was walking on Syracuse’s North Side. The attack landed the 22-year-old in the emergency room with swollen eyes and blood gushing from his nose.
The site further stated that six men attacked two brothers, Ganga and Tara Odari, on Lodi Street. One man pulled out a knife; another punched the brothers in the face and head. Click here to watch the video.
Quoting the refugees, the site stated that refugees including the Bhutanese national are under attack on the city’s North Side.
“Some people throw rocks at them, and refugee children say they sometimes are attacked when they get off the school bus or ride their bikes or skateboards. Refugees say they are afraid to walk the streets alone”, reads the report filed at sycaruse.com.
Syracuse police and refugee resettlement agency officials have also confirmed that refugees have been attacked.
Rizal, the Bhutanese refugee attacked on the North Side, said his eyeglasses broke when he was punched repeatedly in the face and head last November in the 800 block of Butternut Street. The attack left his vision in his right eye impaired, he said.
“They hit me and ran away,” he said. “I feel fear to walk the streets at all times. When I see black guys, I get afraid.”
The Odari brothers, who lived in a refugee camp in Nepal for 17 years, said they came to America in March because this country is a safe haven. But they fear for their lives because of the attacks on them and other refugees.
“We came to America to get freedom. We didn’t think we would get beaten,” said Ganga Odari, 34.
“I’m so frustrated, I don’t feel any peace and security,” said Tara Odari, 26. “I don’t have any guarantee for my life. I’m too afraid of them.”
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T P Mishra/BNS
New York City
Please, Tell those kids to remove those thick ass necklace from their neck and mind their own business. EX. Go to school, come home on time and do the things told by their parents. Otherwise, they will loose their life soon.Guarantee!!!!
God Bless you
This is a very sad incident and we all should be cautious about the safety in each places we live. I hope the local agencies will take appropriate steps.
However, I feel that the incidents may not be specifically targeted to Bhutan or it may be the common trend to attack anyone in the dark by those thugs. It may be better to mention the trend of such attacks in the area so that Bhutanese feel that they are not only the ones targeted or if the case is specifically Bhutanese, there is a need to step up the consultation with the authorities in the locality to stop such attacks.
I would say that it is the isolated incident and assume it is not general to all Bhutanese.
Parsu
It is ineed true that many bhutanese have been either beaten or threatened and no doubt this will continue in the future unless the authorities do something to control. Needless to say, our people seem tobe taking much freedom without realising that they are in place whcih requires lots of catiousness. It is really sad to see our people being attacked and this is true in aother states as well. People are seen more depressed not just because of the threats posed to them by those thugs but because they see no help once they are out of the progra. There are about 25 families so far resettled in Twinfalls, Idaho….Som Subedi from Timai is one of them. He is a completely illiterate. he was kept under TRA progarm. As soon as he was out of the program…..he was left by the agency on his own. Recently he got an eviction order from the lanlord. He is sure now to be in the street. He is survived by his three little kids and a plain wife who canot speak nepali well…such is the condition he is going through. Despite severeal plea made to the agency..he got no help…we had a news conference with Times News….you can check that out….www.magicvalley.com and the video too…..My point is people are getting into problem and there is no one one to look into the issue.
yeh, attacking on bhutanese youth has been on news since the recent months.anyone can be attacked by black bulls.in seatac too one indian interpreter was nearly hit.but the indian quietly demonstrated bengali quality of keeping quiet as the black bull advanced.god saved him that day.
bhutanese camp guys be careful coz your are in usa where your bagada energy has no compare.best thing is learning to protect oneself as in the jungle.even camp maobadis’ threat and night attack strategy too have no match.no camp secretaries to file a complain nor counselling board.so sorry no ghusia RCUs.so guys we have no ways to fix these bulls in the states.
jobs are terrible.my bones ache at night.muscles are already bruished.the only hope is 9.18 dollars an hour for next 3 months.then no job.probably i will be on street and become a news here.this is our fate guys.sorry for our life.
I am really shocked to learn about the ruthless attack to the resettled bhutanese refugees in New York and other places.Because of our insecurity in the camp we are bound to choose for resettlement but if this trait continue then remaining refugeess in the camp would go for the second option………as we believe the concepts of humanrights at first came from the western world but this types of attack to the weaker ethnic group are being taking place in this places time and again, if so how would different medias and themself are pointing them as developed nation?????Frankly speaking, ofcourse we were not attacked personally in the camp this directly implies we were bit safe in the camp itself….Yes, I do accept that there would be more opportunity in US & would have greater exposure to the modern technologies and outside wourld but the end this things could do nothing unless we are secure…As the media are saying Black Bulls are more responsibles of such inhuman attack to the people who were already dead for not less then eighteen years in Nepal…why this f***black bulls are not aware of human Rights.
Where are those comments?
I think I have warned few weeks back about such incident that will occur in the future in our community if we do not become careful through this website. But this site seems to be of no use to bring such awareness. Your site is useless.
Where are those comments made by the readers?