March 13, 2023
Bhutan: Free Long-Term Political Prisoners
Held for Decades After Torture, Unfair Trials
Bhutan
January 18, 2026
Bhutan’s Political Prisoners Suffer Illness and Death in Dire Conditions
The recent death of Sha Bahadur Gurung, one of Bhutan’s longest serving political prisoners, is a tragic reminder of the injustice and needless suffering endured by alleged government critics in Bhutan’s grim prisons.
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October 3, 2007
Discrimination against Ethnic Nepali Children in Bhutan
Submission from Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
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March 24, 2025
Bhutan: Despite Progressive Rhetoric, Rights Violations Continue
HRW Oral Statement - Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption - HRC58
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October 7, 2024
Bhutan’s king is soon to arrive in Australia — he should be urged to free the nation’s political prisoners
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July 10, 2024
Bhutan: Urgently Reform Justice System, Prison Conditions
Released Political Prisoner Describes Desperate Conditions
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April 8, 2024
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Bhutan
47th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
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January 29, 2024
Bhutan: New Government Should Release Political Prisoners
Uphold Ideal of ‘Gross National Happiness’ by Ensuring Economic Rights of All
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September 13, 2023
Bhutan: Freed Political Prisoner Describes Dire Conditions
Foreign Governments Should Urge Release of Dozens Held for Decades
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May 5, 2023
Bhutan: King Should Free Political Prisoners
At Least 37 Serving Long Sentences Following Alleged Torture, Unfair Trials
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March 23, 2023
Bhutan’s Long-Serving Political Prisoners Should be Released
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March 13, 2023
Bhutan: Free Long-Term Political Prisoners
Held for Decades After Torture, Unfair Trials
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