January 30, 2010: Despite being a leading democracy in world, India always remained silent spectator to many of the democratic struggles in its neighbor. Bhutan is one of them, where India not only acted as mere spectator but sided with autocracy to crash democratic fight. Bhutan Media Society (BMS) called upon leaders from diverse background [...]

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A five- member- delegation of Bhutanese Advocacy Forum – Europe (BAF-Europe), headed by its chief coordinator Durga Giri, held meetings with high level European Union Officials in Brussels on Jan25. The delegates met Head of Unit for India, Nepal and Bhutan, Christian Remond and his deputy Rensje Teerind at the European Commission

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Adelaide, Jan 27: Ex-refugees from Bhutan, resettled in Adelaide, participated in the Australia Day celebration by joining the parade in the city, yesterday. Clad neatly in the Bhutanese national dress, Gho and Kira, and some in the ethnic Nepali dress, Daura Suruwal and Guneu Cholo, the participants joined some 60 other communities of South Australia [...]

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I have a copy of the declaration of a Bhutanese organisation called the United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan (URFB). Its aims are general in nature, but they concentrate on two major aspects. They are, one, to empower the people as the sovereign power and, two, to restructure Bhutan as a multi-ethnic republic based on the [...]

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Beldangi-I, Jan 25: Volunteers of Youth Friendly Center (YFC) and Caritas Nepal, which looks after education of exiled Bhutanese children, are seen extra-active in distribution of relief package to fire victims here. “We are highly impressed with YFC volunteers and Caritas Nepal for their extensive supports in grassroots level,” the camp secretary of the camp, [...]

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Europe-based Bhutanese including those who participated in the Geneva campaign last December have declared Bhutanese Advocacy Forum Europe (BAF Europe) to raise the issue of human rights and democracy in the international forums. Bhutanese living in various parts of Europe have come under such a platform following serious need to raise a single voice against atrocities of the regime

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Immediate relief package to fire victims is coming from various sectors from this morning. World Food Programme has supplied 300 kilogram of bitten rice and instant noodles to the displaced fire victims. Similarly, teachers from Tri-Ratna Secondary School, Beldangi-II contributed 1081 rupees to fire victims.

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Beldangi-I, Jan 20: A fire that started from candle light in Beldangi-I camp destroyed almost 100 huts rendering hundreds of camp residents displaced. TB Gurung, camp secretary of the camp, informed Bhutan News Service from the spot that fire started sector A-3, hut number 473, which belongs to Lal Bahadur Lamghate at 9:45 p.m. “We [...]

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Jan 20: Prime Minister Jigme Thinley has expressed his commitment not to let the Indian militants revive their presence in Bhutanese soil. He further said there is no presence of Indian militants in Bhutanese territory and refuted media reports. Talking to our correspondent in Gelephu, where he reached as part of his tour to southern [...]

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Jan 20: Eldest Queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck held interaction with the members of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in New Delhi on Tuesday. She expressed happiness for being able to interact with the womenworkers. the women workers were also excited and showed her variety of their products. “Today I’m very happy to be [...]

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