Ensure Equal Rights for Minority Women in Pakistan
Why This Is Important Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises all people, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, the right to marry and…
Bhutanese Refugees
Issue Background Information Bhutanese refugees represent the highest per capita refugee population in the world and yet their story of suffering and of waiting remains largely unheard in the international…
Ethnic cleansing and terrorism
Approximately two-thirds of the government-declared population of 600,000 persons is composed of Buddhists with cultural traditions akin to those of Tibet. The Buddhist majority consists of two principal ethnic and…
Bhutan’s way of Ethnic Cleansing
Geschreven door Nanda Gautam woensdag, 23 juli 2008 01:00 Violation of the rights of one person spilled out to all the minorities Forced out of the Bhutan’s cabinet, exiled, extradited…
Ethnic cleansing in Bhutan.
Bhutan is the only country in the world that has the highest percentage of population living as refugees outside. The absolute monarchy of Bhutan forcibly exiled about 20% of Bhutan’s…
Human Rights Violations in Tibet
CAMP Hale at Colorado in the US is a long way from Tibet. But what joins them together is the training of some 2000 Tibetan warriors who have been taught…
Buddhists and Human Rights
An analysis of Buddhist affirmations of human rights might begin in India, the birthplace of Buddhism. There in 1956 another Hindu, B. R. Ambedkar, converted to Buddhism and took some…
G.S. Theme: Human Rights & Tibet
CAMP Hale at Colorado in the US is a long way from Tibet. But what joins them together is the training of some 2000 Tibetan warriors who have been taught…
Without truth, reconciliation not possible
by Francis Harrison Dear Friends, This article by seasoned journalist, Francis Harrison, who had been following the Sri Lankan scene, argues the need for accountability for crimes committed by both…
Malaysia Policy Brief: 2010 – 2011
I. Background ● Formerly a British colony, Malaysia is a Muslim-majority nation with substantial religious minorities, including Buddhists (19.2%), Christians (9.1%), and Hindus (6.3% - 7%). ● Hinduism was established…