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Bhutan’s Plans for Democracy Exclude Hindu Refugees

Bhutan’s Plans for Democracy Exclude Hindu Refugees

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Jun 01, 2007
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While the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has been winning strokes across the world for its abdicating king’s voluntary decision to bequeath democracy to his subjects, the dark side is the 100,000 Bhutanese refugees, in neighboring Nepal who were kicked out of Bhutan in 1991.

The refugees are Nepali-speaking Bhutanese who were driven out after they prot…

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