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Agreement to solve Bhutanese refugee Problem
Thursday, 28 December, 2000, 07:05 GMT ,BBC
Nepal and Bhutan have agreed to form what they call a verification
committee within a week in an attempt to solve the problem of Bhutanese
refugees in Nepal.
[full story]
Bhutan refugee settlement
reached
Wednesday, 27 December,
2000, BBC
By Sushil Sharma in Kathmandu
Nepal and Bhutan have agreed on how to decide whether refugees from
Bhutan living in eastern Nepal for the last ten years have the right to
return to Bhutan. [full
story]
Dragon
Kingdom blames Bodos
for attacks on Bhutanese
Guwahati, December 25
[source :tehelka.com]
The Bhutanese government blames the
Bodo Liberation Tigers, with whom the Indian
government is holding peace talks, responsible
for the unprecedented attacks on Bhutanese
citizens last week, reports Wasbir Hussain
[full
story]
Friday, 1 December, 2000, 18:53 GMT
US appeal over Bhutan refugees
By Sushil Sharma in Kathmandu
A senior US official has urged Nepal and Bhutan to work
for a speedy resolution of the Bhutanese refugee problem.[full
story]
US asks Nepal to seek Indian help on
refugee problem: Times of India
KATHMANDU: Two senior US officials have told Nepal to
seek India's help in resolving the problem created by the
influx of thousands of Bhutanese refugees of Nepali origin
into the country.[full
story]
Wednesday, 22 November, 2000, 16:12 GMT
Bhutanese despair in exile
There are some 100,000 refugees living in camps
across Nepal
By Daniel Lak in Jhapa, Nepal
PR Dahal holds a tattered photograph in his hand. It is
a picture of a house - his house, where he and his family
used to live in southern Bhutan.[full
story]
BHUTAN: Refugees face
further set back: Amnesty International Latest News
4 October, 2000
The future of almost 100,000 refugees living in camps in eastern Nepal was
dealt another blow this week after the Bhutanese government rejected a UN
formula by which their eligibility for inclusion in a future voluntary
repatriation program would be determined, Amnesty International said today.[full
story]
Real Estate Market Is Tough Even for a Kingdom
But after a nearly three-year struggle that drew the Manhattan board and the
Clinton administration into a human rights debate, the isolated country won
permission yesterday to buy a Midtown Manhattan town house that will serve as
the permanent home of its mission to the United Nations. [full
story]
European Parliament resolution on
Bhutanese refugees in Nepal
...having regard to the visit to Nepal from 21 to 22
April 2000 by the European Parliamentís Delegation for relations with the
countries of South Asia and the SAARC, which incorporated an on-the-spot
assessment of the continuing plight of the almost 98 000 Bhutanese refugees who
are accommodated in seven refugee camps in eastern Nepal.. [full
story]
(EU) EP/NEPAL: EP calls for an initiative over return of Bhutanese
refugees from Nepal
Strasbourg, 11/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament, in denouncing the deplorable situation of the roughly 98,000 Nepalese speaking
refugees from Bhutan which are located in seven camps in Eastern Nepal, adopted a resolution by several political groups and members of the Bonino
list inviting the governments of Bhutan and Nepal to reach an agreement
that would allow these refugees to rapidly and voluntarily return to their homes.[full
story]
Goodbye, Embarrassment International !?
By Dharma Adhikari
With the Bhutanese $ 2.3 million frozen deal in New York City finally
beginning to melt down, the Dragon Kingdom's image as a repressive country
appears to be shedding off, at least before the community of nations at the UN.[full
story]
India police say Assam rebel group torn
by dissent
GUWAHATI, India, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Police in the insurgency-racked Indian state
of Assam said on Thursday that a power struggle within a separatist group led to
a clash in which at least 10 people died this week.
G.M Srivastava, additional director general of police for counter- insurgency in
the northeastern state, said the fighting took place at a United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA) camp across the border in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.[full
story]
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