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Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while journalists and civil society remain constrained
Published at
26.08.2024
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment

Bhutan: Concerns about ongoing detention of political prisoners and the lack of a national human rights body
Published at
13.02.2024
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction

Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while press freedom rankings show drastic decline
Published at
28.07.2023
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups
- bureaucratic restriction

Bhutan: New report highlights situation of several dozen political prisoners imprisoned for decades
Published at
28.03.2023
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups

Bhutan court throws out defamation case but denies compensation
Published at
28.09.2022
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law

Bhutan foresters punished for speaking to media while political prisoners languish in detention
Published at
27.04.2022
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship

Media independence, access to information and self-censorship of NGOs still an issue in Bhutan
Published at
23.07.2021
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship

Major victory for LGBT+ community as Bhutan parliament decriminalises homosexuality
Published at
17.02.2021
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- positive CS development

International watchdog rates Bhutan’s status as ‘partly free’
Published at
29.10.2020
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- minority groups

Demands for release of political prisoners in Bhutan
Published at
20.04.2020
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- restrictive law
- intimidation

Bhutan urged to repeal criminal defamation laws during Human Right Council review
Published at
17.07.2019
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- self censorship
- criminal defamation
- positive CS development