Displaced but not Disempowered: Bhutanese Refugees and Grassroots Activism
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In the early 1990s, about 80,000 ethnic Nepalis fled their home country of Bhutan and found refuge in Nepal. For more than a decade, activists from the refugee community used a variety of tactics to try to reverse the position of the Bhutanese government so they could return to Bhutan. Two of these tactics, a series of marches and digital documentation, are explored below. In this interview, Susan Banki speaks with Bhakta Ghimire and Hari Khanal, two grassroots activists from the Bhutanese Nepali refugee population.In the early 1990s, about 80,000 ethnic Nepalis fled their home country of Bhutan and found refuge in Nepal. For more than a decade, activists from the refugee community used a variety of tactics to try to reverse the position of the Bhutanese government so they could return to Bhutan. Two of these tactics, a series of marches and digital documentation, are explored below. In this interview, Susan Banki speaks with Bhakta Ghimire and Hari Khanal, two grassroots activists from the Bhutanese Nepali refugee population.
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2019-01-01Publisher
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Banki, S., Ghimire, B., Khanal, H. (2019). Displaced but not Disempowered: Bhutanese Refugees and Grassroots Activism. Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 UK)Citation
Banki, S., Ghimire, B., Khanal, H. (2019). Displaced but not Disempowered: Bhutanese Refugees and Grassroots Activism. Fletcher Forum of World AffairsShare