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Keep Talking. This is democracy

September 7, 2011 by Editor

I happened to be in Delhi through out the Anna Hazare saga. The usual summer heat was not too bad but what was really heating up the city was the protest against graft and corruption led by this unassuming man – Anna Hazare. Public protest is a part of democracy. It is how eventually a … Read more

Categories News Analysis Tags anna hazare, apfanews, bhutan, corruption, democracy, democrations, hunger strike, india

A journalist in hunger strike

March 9, 2009 by Editor

Shantiram Acharya, former reporter with The Bhutan Reporter, published by Association of Press Freedom Activists Bhutan in exile, has started hunger strike in Chemgang central jail from Monday

Categories Main News Tags bhutan, chemgang jail, druk national congress, hunger strike, repatriation, shantiram acharya, thimphu 11 Comments

BNDP concerns hunger strike by Katwal

March 3, 2009 by Editor

Bhutan National Democratic Party (BNDP) has urged the international community to look into the situatin of N. L. Katel, who has started hunger strike in Chemgang central jail in Thimphu

Categories Main News Tags hunger strike, katwal, thimphu

Hunger strike in Chemgang jail

February 28, 2009 by Editor

N. L. Katel has started indefinite hunger strike in Chemgang central jail in Thimphu from Friday putting forward a number of demands

Categories Main News Tags bhutan, chemgang jail, democracy in bhutan, hunger strike, political prisoners in bhutan, teknath rizal, thimphu 8 Comments
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