Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, ...

The alleged inhumane conditions imposed on political prisoners by Bhutan’s prison system, including inadequate ration supplies and poor healthcare facilities, have been condemned by a global rights ...

Credit: Flickr / rjsvlajean On August 6, a Bhutanese journalist was sentenced to three months in prison for libel. The journalist had written a post on her personal Facebook account about a woman ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes Bhutan’s commitment to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and calls on the government to prove its ...

EU Members of Parliament had already demanded the release on April 14 in a letter to the Bhutan prime minister as a crucial sign for better economic cooperation. Bhutan is a democratic constitutional ...