Bhutan: Restrictive funding requirements for civil society, defamation laws and detention of political prisoners Published at 23.01.2025 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
International watchdog rates Bhutan’s status as ‘partly free’ Published at 29.10.2020 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship minority groups Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
