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Senate committee hears emotional testimony on SR 69 recognizing alleged abuses against Bhutanese Nepali community; committee votes to refer resolution to Rules
Summary
Dozens of Bhutanese Nepali witnesses told the committee of expulsions, imprisonment and family separations dating to the 1990s and urged passage of Senate Resolution 69; a motion to favorably report the resolution to the Committee on Rules and Reference carried on a recorded roll call.
Witnesses from the Bhutanese Nepali community told the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee that they and their families suffered expulsions, detention and human-rights abuses in Bhutan beginning in the 1990s and urged the committee to adopt Senate Resolution 69, which acknowledges those harms and calls for steps such as durable solutions for remaining refugees, visitation rights and accountability for political prisoners.
"I came from a large family...We are living happily in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan...That was the day we left our country never to return," Manikumar Biswal said, describing forced exile and years in refugee camps. Other witnesses,…
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