BHUTAN: Bomb blasts highlights Nepali refugee issue

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Updated January 25, 2008 20:48:56

The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan was rocked by a series of bomb blasts this week, with police blaming militant groups allied to ethnic Nepali refugees from Bhutan who're living across the border in Nepal. The refugees were driven out of Bhutan nearly two decades ago; many are angry they've been denied a vote in forthcoming elections, which will finalise Bhutan's transition to democracy.

Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: G Devarajan, National Secretary of All India Forward Bloc and Convenor of the Indian Bhutan Peoples' Solidarity Forum; Menakshi Gangooly from Human Rights Watch

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