Bhutan

January 17, 2020

Bhutan on Brink of Overturning Same-Sex Conduct Ban

A bill that would repeal parts of Bhutan’s penal code that criminalize same-sex conduct will be introduced in the upper house of Parliament this month. It currently includes a provision derived from British colonial authorities punishing “sexual conduct against the order of nature” with up to one year in prison.

LGBT Rights

January 17, 2020 Dispatches

Bhutan on Brink of Overturning Same-Sex Conduct Ban

Kyle Knight
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
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

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
June 22, 2009 Commentary

Bhutanese refugees begin new life in Arizona

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: Jesuit Refugee Services
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

Daily Brief

April 7, 2020

Coronavirus is the "new terrorism"; Asia's overcrowded prisons at grave risk of COVID-19 outbreaks; rights risks to older people in coronavirus response; no "social distancing" possible for refugees crammed into camps in Greece; Gulf countries to put a hold on deportations; concerns over South Africa's response; Afghanistan should prosecute head of ISIS-linked group for war crimes; the UN fails to name Russia for bombings in Syria; and is Europe finally seeing some light at the end of the dark pandemic tunnel?