Posted by: meek_misfit March 7, 2007
Hobson's choice for Bhutani Nepalese plight
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Third country resettlement of Bhutanese settlement is nothing but a grand diplmatic failure of Nepal. It is the failure of the Bhutani democratic movement. It is a slap on the face of leaders who failed in their cause. Above all, it is nothing short of humiliation to Nepali ethnic identity in Bhutan. One cannot dismiss this movement just because the leaders failed to lead. One cannot undermine the spirit of the people who are constantly seeking their identity after enduring all sorts of bereavements. The Druk dictator rendered the one-fifth (or, 1/6th ?) of the population stateless just because they questioned his edict of "One Nation One People".Hundreds of Nepali ethnics lost their lives, the surviving forcefully evicted, imprisoned,tortured, women raped and killed by the security forces. Somewhere along the line, if atrocities have been committed by the leaders,they should be brought to justice too.But one cannot compare state sponsored terrorism with some hiccups of the movement. Yet, you say that the leaders of the movement and the Druk Duke are two faces of the same coin. Then perhaps you might also agree with the foreign minister of Bhutan when he terms the refugees as "ready made terrorists". It is also noteworthy that the document issued by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration through US Embassy states that "OPE will be selective". Well, then how about the fate of the refugees who are less priviledged and hence less qualified? Rizal and his alikes failed miserably. But one cannot again dismiss the fact that he has a lot of contribution to this movement.
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