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UN Experts Find Bhutan Illegally Holding Political Prisoners

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par Human Rights Watch

The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan presents itself to the world as an enlightened land that promotes “gross national happiness,” but the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that the government has locked up people for life without parole for expressing their political opinions.Human Rights Watch and the Global Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners in Bhutan (GCRPPB) identified at least 37 political prisoners in the country in 2023; five have since been released after completing lengthy sentences. In its report published this month, the UN Working Group examined three…

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