Bhutan Should Release All Remaining Political Prisoners

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Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Togay speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future at the U.N. headquarters, September 22, 2024.

© 2024 Frank Franklin/AP Photo 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.The small Himalayan kingdom projects itself…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · September 21, 2026

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