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Ethnic cleansing in Bhutan refers to acts of violence to remove the Lhotshampa, or ethnic Nepalis, from Bhutan. Inter-ethnic tensions in Bhutan have resulted in the flight of many Lhotshampa to Nepal, many of whom have been expelled by the Bhutanese military. By 1996, over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees (40% of Bhutan's population at the time) were ...
In 1990, violent ethnic unrest and anti-government protests in southern Bhutan pressed for greater democracy and respect for minority rights. [13] That year, the Bhutan Peoples' Party, whose members are mostly Lhotshampa, began a campaign of violence against the Bhutanese government. [13] In the wake of this unrest, thousands fled Bhutan.
It was an ethnic cleansing operated by Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslavian communist partisans against Istrian Italians and Dalmatian Italians which forced 230000-350000 Italians to flee the former territories of the Kingdom of Italy towards Italy, and in smaller numbers, towards the Americas, Australia and South Africa.
Ethnic cleansing of Lhotshampa was carried out during the reign of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk in the 1990s. [12] In the early 1990s, several thousands of residents in southern Bhutan were forcefully relocated by the authorities under the provisions of the amended Citizenship Act of 1985, because they had Nepalese ancestry.
Bhutanese refugees in Beldangi I show a Bhutanese passport. It is a legal passport of Bhutan that many Bhutanese refugees surreptitiously took with them when they were forcefully deported from Bhutan. Bhutanese refugees are Lhotshampas ("southerners"), a group of Nepali language-speaking Bhutanese people.
Azerbaijan has denied allegations of “ethnic cleansing,” saying it is not forcing people to leave, and would peacefully reintegrate the region and guarantee rights of ethnic Armenians.
Numerous ethnic groups inhabit Bhutan, with the Ngalop people who speak the Dzongkha language being a majority of the Bhutanese population. [1] [2] The Bhutanese are of four main ethnic categories, which themselves are not necessarily exclusive – the politically and culturally dominant Ngalop of western and northern Bhutan, the Sharchop of eastern Bhutan, the Lhotshampa concentrated in ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Bhutan" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Ethnic cleansing in Bhutan; K. Kheng people; L. Layap ...