Recent beatings of South Asian refugees have prompted Denver police to hand out cellphones to newcomers from abroad. The hope is that the emergency-only phones, which require no payments, will help refugees reach paramedics and police to prevent future trouble, said Scott Snow, director of the Denver police Victim Assistance Unit. “It gives a sense … Read more
This is not a wonder, as you feel when reading this, but the fact is a village has been created within the Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal. And it is named as security village. Created on the lap of Armed Police Force base camp in Beldangi I, the security village turns to be a shelter … Read more
November 29, 2009: The November end and first week of December, every year, turns out to be celebration season in Bhutanese refugee camps. There is a long list of days for celebration during this cold season. It has been the tradition and means to engage refugees not only to raise awareness but helping them get … Read more
November 15, 2009: The continuation of violence that triggered the camps since resettlement process began seems not ending in the immediate future. The major cause of violence has been the differences among those supporting resettlements and those opposing it. In the latest incident, unidentified people kidnapped a young woman from Beldangi II camp on Saturday … Read more
Manfred Ringhofer is a lone army in the Japanese battlefield against the gross human rights violations in Bhutan. Having good relations with Bhutan, Japan government and the Japanese people rarely believe about human rights violations in this tiny Himalayan kingdom. Manfred, as a university professor, organized several trips for university student to refugee camps in … Read more
Wanted murderer arrested from Timai Damak, October 3, 2009: A team of Armed Police Force has arrested Yadav Gurung of Beldandi I camp who was in the top of the wanted list of police for increasing murders in camps. He was arrested from Timai camp on Friday night, camp secretary Dilli Ram Adhikari told APFAnews.com … Read more
It has been over a month since I landed at Adelaide airport in South Australia. The first month remained impressive as expected. I had my ninety six year old grandfather on his wheel chair- the eldest man in Adelaide from Bhutanese Community whom I had accompanied along with. After some 12 hours of flight from … Read more
The government projects ton create at least 16,000 jobs for jobseekers in the next four years, when the first elected government ends its tenure
Four members from the family of human rights leader Tek Nath Rizal have flown to Canada on Monday under resettlement program
Launching the annual report on refugee trends at Washington D.C on June 16, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Gutterres said that the amounts needed to rescue people are less than what is needed to rescue banks. The chief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Gutterres strongly urged the aid agencies … Read more