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Human Rights Defender, Refugee from Bhutan Wins First Ginetta Sagan Fund Award
Press release from Amnesty International. 8 May, 1997. Mangala Sharma created Bhutanese Refugees Aiding Victims of Violence (BRAVVE). In exile, she helps women abused and traumatized by civil strife.
Bhutan: Fear of torture/ill-treatment
From Amnesty International. 28 July, 1997. Two religious teachers suspected to be members of the Druk National Congress (DNC), a political organization set up in exile in Nepal.
Bhutan: Fear of torture/ill-treatment
From Amnesty International. 12 August, 1997. As many as 50 may have been arrested because of likely crackdown on suspected members in the Druk National Congress (DNC), a political organization set up in exile in Nepal, or support Rongthong Kunley Dorji, the founder of the DNC, who is currently detained in India.

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