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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF TSHINYEN METO: Dr. Bhampa Ra
It gives me some contentment to convey the people of the world and our Bhutanese citizens that a book named “Journey to Bhutan for Justice” has been published by the sheer hard work of my fellow Bhutanese refugees of the social organization ‘Tshinyen Meto’ and with the significant succor of our well-wishers from India, Nepal and other countries. The book is not an everyday recitation material, and it is not written to earn our personal reputation to proliferate courtesy in the public but it is the voice of the agonized Bhutanese refugees specially the Ethnic-Nepali Community the Lhotshampas who were brutally evicted by the Royal Government of Bhutan in 1990s making them desperate destitute, refugees. There was so much cruelty in the eviction process where everything, money and valuables they had, including their citizenship cards were snatched by the Government. Torture, rape, burning of houses, imprisonment and threat to killing were everyday criminalities carried out by the security forces and the bureaucrats when the naïve people were being driven out of Bhutan. This Ethnic-Cleansing and the Genocide of the Ethnic-Nepali communities the Lhotshampas of Bhutan that happened in the small land-locked country during the period of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck has never been heard or seen by the world in its accurate picture and degrees it was an cold-hearted delinquent thus, the true outbreak of barbarism should be studied by the world and all human rights and democracy lovers should extend valuable hands to bring the predator to justice and deliberate the Bhutanese refugees get justice.
The book is transcribed in courteous words, our effort to convey the grievances to all without distancing our love and respect to the King and the fellow citizens of Bhutan and being a companion of responsible world communities to resolve the predicament of human tragedy around the world like the one at concern the Bhutanese refugees with farsighted judgments. I hope the book will be judged by its aims and objectives and not by its small size and volumes.
Royal Family and its coterie of Bhutan are afraid of losing its autocratic throne but not concerned in giving justice to the people and protecting Bhutan. The judgment of the King is that it becomes without doubt safe by redundantly projecting Carbon Free and Gross National Happiness to win support for Throne. But how long the King deceives the people of the world? The king is leading the country towards an irrecoverable path, towards total disintegration; it is perceived he is ready to gamble existence of Bhutan like that of King of Sikkim did in 1975. If it is not so, why can’t all the communities in Bhutan live together as brothers and sisters that they were living before? What is the harm for the king to value citizens of other communities equally? History is a witness for peaceful living, security, justice, equality and human rights that people have chosen extreme path to free the country from the hands of tyrants. Our King should know that such act against the naive people who have roots in Bhutan since ages and have experienced both virtuous system of Shabdrung before 1907 and the despotic rules of Wangchuck dynasty after 1907 can turn other way round for retaliation and bring disaster to the nation. Thus, Bhutan Government should repatriate its citizens from the refugee camps in Nepal, who are just about 6000 and allow the resettled Bhutanese to visit Bhutan and give justice to all the people and throw away all inequity and grievances and save Bhutan from international criticism and from outside power mongers.
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Journey to Bhutan for Justice : The book has articles collection on different aspects concerning Bhutanese refugee crisis written by exiled Bhutanese and Bhutanese peoples’ well-wishers, academicians and politicians from India and Nepal edited by N B Giri and Dr Khagen Sarma, produced by the social organization Tshinyen Meto and published by Purbayon Publication of Guwahati, Assam, India.
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