There is concern that Rongthong Kunley Dorji, a 58-year-old Bhutanese national, could be at risk of torture if returned to Bhutan. He is the chairman of the United ...
Over 100 Bhutanese people taking part in the funeral procession of Baburam Shengden were injured after having been beaten with lathis (weighted bamboo canes) by ...
Approximately 90 Bhutanese people detained at Berhampur Central Jail, West Bengal, were beaten with canes by jail guards. At least 50 people were reported injured ...
On 22 April 1996, 15 Buthanese people from a group of 285 detained at Jalpaiguri District Jail, West Bengal, were allegedly beaten by jail guards with canes after ...
On 19 March 1996, 188 Bhutanese were allegedly ill-treated by Indian police as they were taken into custody in West Bengal. Some are reported to have sustained ...
1. South Africa: Renewed violence brings despair to the families of KwaZulu-Natal; 2. United Kingdom: Deportees suffer ill-treatment by security officers; 3. Iran ...
1. Bhutan / Nepal: Governments must respect rights of Bhutanese exiles in forthcoming talks. 2. India: Amnesty International calling for inquiry into alleged police ...
Approximately 86000 people, mostly Nepali-speakers from southern Bhutan, were resident in refugee camps in Nepal by mid-1994. AI believes that many of them have ...
Former member of the National Assembly and of the Royal Advisory Council Tek Nath Rizal was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 1993 for charges including ...