EU should press Bhutan to free political prisoners

Human Rights organizations urge EU to press for release of Bhutan political prisoners

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urged the European Union to demand that Bhutanese authorities release dozens of political prisoners held for decades on Tuesday. The detainees have allegedly been deprived of multiple fundamental rights and held in inhumane conditions. According to Amnesty, most of the detainees have been detained in connection with the expulsion of about 90,000 Nepalese-speaking Bhutanese citizens in the 1990s. Those…

EU should press Bhutan to free political prisoners

The European Union should press Bhutanese authorities to release dozens of political prisoners held for decades in dire conditions, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. An EU human rights dialogue with Bhutan is scheduled later this month, just weeks after UN human rights experts issued a communication raising concerns over reports that the […]

The EU Should Press Bhutan to Free Political Prisoners

The European Union should press Bhutanese authorities to release dozens of political prisoners held for decades in dire conditions.

On Palm Sunday, family members and activists called for the release of all political prisoners on the island