Bhutan

July 31, 2017

India Is an Overwhelming Presence in South Asia, and Must Do More to Build Trust

Repeatedly saying that India wants peaceful ties, based on cooperation, is not enough. India’s clear and unwavering support for core democratic and human rights principles in neighboring countries might go a long way toward dispelling some of the public anxiety.

Asia

July 31, 2017 Commentary

India Is an Overwhelming Presence in South Asia, and Must Do More to Build Trust

Meenakshi Ganguly
South Asia Director

Published In: Hindustan Times
Migrants

March 30, 2011 Commentary

For Bhutan’s refugees, there’s no place like home

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: Global Post
Refugee Rights

Ganga Baral is among the first of thousands of Bhutanese refugees who will be arriving in the United States during the next several years. She and her family arrived this Spring in Phoenix from a refugee camp in the farthest eastern reaches of Nepal, a landlocked country known to Americans, if at all, as the location for Mount Everest.

June 22, 2009 Commentary

Bhutanese refugees begin new life in Arizona

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: Jesuit Refugee Services

Reports More Reports

October 3, 2007

Discrimination against Ethnic Nepali Children in Bhutan

Submission from Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
May 16, 2007

Last Hope

The Need for Durable Solutions for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal and India
September 23, 2003

Trapped by Inequality

Bhutanese Refugee Women in Nepal

News

January 26, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission on Bhutan to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
April 16, 2008 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister of Bhutan regarding discrimination against ethnic Nepalis
February 1, 2008 Commentary

Bhutan's ethnic cleansing

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: New Statesman
October 3, 2007 Background Briefing

Discrimination against Ethnic Nepali Children in Bhutan
July 4, 2007 Commentary

China and Bhutan: crushing dissent

Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch

Published In: openDemocracy
June 20, 2007 Commentary

Bhutanese Refugees: The Right of Return, the Chance for Resettlement

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: The Huffington Post
May 31, 2007 News Release

Nepal: Bhutanese Refugee Tensions Erupt Into Violence
May 17, 2007 News Release

Nepal: US Offer to Resettle Bhutanese Refugees Sparks Tensions
May 17, 2007 Commentary

Forgotten in Nepal

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: The Wall Street Journal Asia
March 29, 2007 Letter

Letter to SAARC Leaders In Anticipation of Summit In New Delhi
February 14, 2007 Statement

Stateless Refugee Children from Bhutan Living in Nepal
February 9, 2006 Letter

Nepal/Bhutan: Donors Called On To Resolve Protracted Refugee Problem

Daily Brief

March 22, 2019

Formula 1 ignores rights commitments; atrocities by armed islamists and security forces in Burkina Faso; tell Burundian president that scribbling is not a crime; France’s Macron should press Chinese president on rights; new UN resolution against discrimination towards women and girls in sports; anti-torture body named in Lebanon; why are so many people with disabilities deprived of liberty?; and peaceful protesters arrested in Kazakhstan.