AI Annual
Report 2000
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Nationality,
expulsion, statelessness and the right to return
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This document outlines the application of
international human rights standards to questions of nationality, statelessness
and repatriation and examines various country situations and repatriation
programs. The prime aim of this document is to assist in bringing about a
solution to the situation of nearly 100,000 people, most of whom claim to be
from southern Bhutan, who have been living for nearly ten years in refugee camps
in eastern Nepal but it is hoped that it may also be of use to other governments
trying to find solutions to other protracted refugee crises around the world.
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Annual Report 1999
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A prisoner of conscience held since 1989 continued to serve a life
sentence. At least 30 possible prisoners of conscience were detained. Some
120 political prisoners were sentenced to up to 15 years' imprisonment.
Many of those detained were reportedly tortured or ill-treated. |
| AI
Annual Report 1998 |
Amnesty International called on the authorities to guarantee immediate
access to adequate medical care to Kinzang Chozom, in view of her
pregnancy. The organization expressed its fears that, if returned to
Bhutan, Rongthong Kunley Dorji might again be tortured.
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Annual Report 1997 |
A
prisoner of conscience Mr. Tek Nath Rizal spent his seventh year in prison. Fifty people, most of
whom were of Bhutanese origin living in refugee camps in eastern Nepal, were
briefly detained by police while attempting to cross the border at Phuntsholing. |
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Bhutan:
Crack-Down on"Anti-national" in the East
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DNC and
UFD leader, Rongthong Kunley Dorji: another Tek Nath Rizal ? |
| Bhutan :
Forcible Exile |
Forcible exile of village communities as a form of collective punishment for the crimes of others. |
