Human Rights Organization of Bhutan (HUROB) said the US pushing for bilateral talks would be helping the Bhutanese government to buy time to get away from repatriating refugees.
In a press release, HUROB Chairperson S.B. Subba said that the bilateral talks between the government of Nepal and Bhutan, which failed to repatriate a single Bhutanese in last 20 years, would not bear any fruit as long as Bhutan dictates on the terms and condition of repatriation. ‘If ever Nepal government has to consent to resume bilateral talk, there should be complete change of modalities and methodology of identification only either Bhutanese or non-Bhutanese to aim to bring holistic resolution of the festering Bhutanese refugee problem’, reads the press release.
HUROB has also requested the US government to consider similar action on Bhutan which it has taken in Iraq and Afghanistan for perpetuating the crime of evicting 100, 0000 people of Nepali origin.
It also appeals for the independent international committee to investigate on the lies and allegations by the Bhutanese government and refugees’ counter allegations to arrive at the fact.
HUROB also stressed on the need to include the refugee leaders on the talks to reach at the amicable solution and withhold the process of resettlement to make appropriate environment for the resumption of bilateral talks.
