re Bhutan Burma Nepal China.

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For those of you who were in Delhi for the 1996 Delhi Convention for the
 Restoration of Democracy, hosted by George Fernandez, you may have met
some Bhutanese freedom fighters and their leaders -- (George rightfully
attracts freedom fighters)-- last year bound for their long march that
ended in prison for hundreds of protesters against the Bhutanese
monarchy and its violation of human rights. There are no human rights in
Bhutan. Nothing has improved since...And the Bhutan refugee problem in
Nepal, where many people from Burma now live, is a big problem there,
and distracting the Nepalese from helping freedom in Burma, as the
Nepalese do literally nothing for freedom in Burma, despite its
proximity and kinship.(India doesnt want them either, and India dictates
foreign policy in Bhutan).  "Myanmar"is on the political itinerary of
the Nepalese government, and they bow down to it, like they do to the
Chinese, explaining terrible persecution of the Tibetans in Nepal. Its a
disgrace to the new Nepalese democracy, and we can thank the Chinese for
that, too. Curiously, news coming out of Delhi is very quiet on the
Burmese freedom struggle. 

Dawn Star, paris

Bhutanese refugees to stage hunger strike
Kathmandu Post 

KATHMANDU, March 14 - The Bhutanese refugees are planning   a relay
hunger strike from March 17 to demonstrate their yearning to return
home.This was stated in a press release issued today by the Appeal
Movement Coordinating Council(AMCC).
It stated that the refugees intend to continue the fast until the 53rd
session of the United Nations Commission on Human 
Rights (UNHCR) which ends in  April. 
According to the press rlease, several hundred representatives of
refugees from all of the seven Bhutanese refugee camps in east Nepal are
expected to participate in this mass relay hunger strike organised by
AMCC. The relay hunger strike will take place in Damak. 
It stated that the relay hunger strike is an effort to urge UNHCR to
take urgent measures against the unabated violation of human rights in
the kingdom of Bhutan and to initiate urgent steps for their dignified
return to Bhutan .During the course of the demonstration  mass rallies
by refugee women and children have been planned to protest against the
violation of women and children's right by the Bhutanese government.
The press release stated that the Bhutanese refugees are also
undertaking a mass signature campaign in the refugee camps to send it to
the UN Secretary  General and the UNHCR urging  immediate UN
intervention in the refugee problem.