March 13, 2023
Bhutan: Free Long-Term Political Prisoners
Held for Decades After Torture, Unfair Trials
Bhutan
September 21, 2026
Bhutan Should Release All Remaining Political Prisoners
When Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay meets world leaders at the United Nations general assembly in New York this week, they should urge him to release the at least 28 political prisoners who are still held in dreadful conditions in his country’s jails.
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October 3, 2007
Discrimination against Ethnic Nepali Children in Bhutan
Submission from Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
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News
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April 14, 2025
The EU Should Press Bhutan to Free Political Prisoners
UN Experts’ Communication Raises Concerns of Fair Trial Violations, Inhuman Conditions
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March 24, 2025
Bhutan: Despite Progressive Rhetoric, Rights Violations Continue
HRW Oral Statement - Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption - HRC58
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March 18, 2025
UN Experts Find Bhutan Illegally Holding Political Prisoners
New Report Calls for Their Immediate Release
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February 5, 2025
As Bhutan king visits India, he should be urged to free political prisoners in his country
At least 32 political prisoners – mostly Nepali-speaking Bhutanese – who are languishing in his nation’s jails.
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October 7, 2024
Bhutan’s king is soon to arrive in Australia — he should be urged to free the nation’s political prisoners
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July 10, 2024
Bhutan: Urgently Reform Justice System, Prison Conditions
Released Political Prisoner Describes Desperate Conditions
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April 8, 2024
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Bhutan
47th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
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January 29, 2024
Bhutan: New Government Should Release Political Prisoners
Uphold Ideal of ‘Gross National Happiness’ by Ensuring Economic Rights of All
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September 13, 2023
Bhutan: Freed Political Prisoner Describes Dire Conditions
Foreign Governments Should Urge Release of Dozens Held for Decades
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