June 02, 2003: The fourteenth round of Nepal Bhutan Ministerial Joint Committee (MJC) Meeting on Bhutanese refugees was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 19-22, 2003. Please click on the Link to read the story in details. The MJC finally agreed on their joint stand on four categories and issued a statement on Agreed Position on the Four Categories (APFC). Please read original official Press Release and APFC document. NEW
May 29, 2003: The Amnesty International, London released the Annual Human Rights Report on Bhutan for 2002. Please click on the Amnesty Website to read the report. NEW
May 13, 2003.: Bhutanese Refugee face Discrimination and Loss of Citizenship upon return to Bhutan according to the latest Report of Human Rights watch, USA released on May 13, 2003. Please view the report on Human Rights Watch Website. or Click on the Report NEW
May 13, 2003. Bhutanese refugees say " We don't want to be refugee again", a report of Human Rights Watch released on May 13, 2003. Please view the report on Human Rights Watch Website. NEW
April 12, 2003: Bhutan govt.'s human rights record remained poor, and problems remained in several areas. according to the United States Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Bhutan - 2002 Released by the US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 31, 2003. Please click on the link US State Department website or US Human Rights Report 2002 to read it, April 12, 2003. NEW
April 12, 2003.: Bhutanese refugees demonstrated in front of the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, the venue for the Eighth Round Table Meeting ( RTM) of the Royal Government of Bhutan and international development partners on February 18-19, 2003. Click on the RTM demonstration link to read it. NEW
April 12, 2003: The Thirteenth round of Nepal Bhutan Ministerial Joint Committee (MJC) Meeting was held in Thimphu Bhutan on March 24-26, 2003. Please click on Nepal Bhutan Talk to read the details. NEW
February 11, 2003: Appeal to Donors to Bhutan and International Community February 11, 2003 NEW
The Twelfth round of Nepal Bhutan Joint Ministerial Level Committee Talk was held in Kathmandu for one day on February 06, 2003. Please click to read in details. February 11, 2003 NEW
January 31, 2003: Please read Mr. Rakesh Chhetri's latest article DONORS' MEET AND BHUTANESE REFUGEES published in the Kathmandu Post on January 31, 2003
January 07, 2003: The Verified Bhutanese refugees at Khudunabari have launched an indefinite relay hunger strike at Khudunabari from the 7th of January 2003, demanding the Royal Government of Bhutan and His Majesty’s Government of Nepal to:
1. Immediately declare the result of verification of Khudunabari camp,
2. Start the verification by JVT in other remaining camps and,
3. Start repatriation and rehabilitation of the verified Bhutanese citizens back to their homesteads.
For full account of hunger strike read various new links at www.bhutannewsonline.com and its archieves of January 2003
Refugee population: Please click on this link for latest Bhutanese Refugee Population Statistics
May 29, 2003: The Amnesty International, London released the Annual Human Rights Report on Bhutan for 2002. Please click on the Amnesty Website to read the report. NEW
May 13, 2003.: Bhutanese Refugee face Discrimination and Loss of Citizenship upon return to Bhutan according to the latest Report of Human Rights watch, USA released on May 13, 2003. Please view the report on Human Rights Watch Website. or Click on the Report NEW
May 13, 2003. Bhutanese refugees say " We don't want to be refugee again", a report of Human Rights Watch released on May 13, 2003. Please view the report on Human Rights Watch Website. NEW
April 12, 2003: Bhutan govt.'s human rights record remained poor, and problems remained in several areas. according to the United States Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Bhutan - 2002 Released by the US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 31, 2003. Please click on the link US State Department website or US Human Rights Report 2002 to read it, April 12, 2003. NEW
April 12, 2003.: Bhutanese refugees demonstrated in front of the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, the venue for the Eighth Round Table Meeting ( RTM) of the Royal Government of Bhutan and international development partners on February 18-19, 2003. Click on the RTM demonstration link to read it. NEW
April 12, 2003: The Thirteenth round of Nepal Bhutan Ministerial Joint Committee (MJC) Meeting was held in Thimphu Bhutan on March 24-26, 2003. Please click on Nepal Bhutan Talk to read the details. NEW
February 11, 2003: Appeal to Donors to Bhutan and International Community February 11, 2003 NEW
The Twelfth round of Nepal Bhutan Joint Ministerial Level Committee Talk was held in Kathmandu for one day on February 06, 2003. Please click to read in details. February 11, 2003 NEW
January 31, 2003: Please read Mr. Rakesh Chhetri's latest article DONORS' MEET AND BHUTANESE REFUGEES published in the Kathmandu Post on January 31, 2003
January 07, 2003: The Verified Bhutanese refugees at Khudunabari have launched an indefinite relay hunger strike at Khudunabari from the 7th of January 2003, demanding the Royal Government of Bhutan and His Majesty’s Government of Nepal to:
1. Immediately declare the result of verification of Khudunabari camp,
2. Start the verification by JVT in other remaining camps and,
3. Start repatriation and rehabilitation of the verified Bhutanese citizens back to their homesteads.
For full account of hunger strike read various new links at www.bhutannewsonline.com and its archieves of January 2003
Refugee population: Please click on this link for latest Bhutanese Refugee Population Statistics
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