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| '''Tek Nath Rizal''' ({{lang-ne|टेकनाथ रिजाल}}) (also spelled '''Rijal''') is one of the top leaders of Bhutanese refugees, and a political and human rights activist in [[Bhutan]]. | '''Tek Nath Rizal''' ({{lang-ne|टेकनाथ रिजाल}}) (also spelled '''Rijal''') is one of the top leaders of Bhutanese refugees, and a political and human rights activist in [[Bhutan]]. |
| Rizal has struggled for the sake of about 100,000 Bhutani refugees who lived for a long time in camps in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tek Nath takes on Thimpu- Nepali Times |url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=4842#.XGsuQOhKi1t |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref> Rizal was imprisoned by the government of Bhutan from 1989 to 1999 at the Chamgang jail.<ref name = AI/> He had been arrested by Nepalese authorities in Nepal where he had escaped to after protesting against the Bhutanese government's approach to the [[Bhutanese refugee]] problem.<ref name = NT/> According to [[Amnesty International]], he was a [[prisoner of conscience]], held by Bhutan "for the peaceful expression of his political beliefs, in particular his campaign against government policies unfairly affecting members of the Nepali-speaking community in southern Bhutan."<ref name = AI>[[Amnesty International]], [https://www.amnesty.org/fr/documents/asa14/004/1999/fr/ "Amnesty International welcomes release of prisoner of conscience"], press release, 1999-12-21, accessed 2009-01-16.</ref> He was sentenced in 1993 to life imprisonment.<ref name = AI/> Amnesty International and [[U.S. Department of State]] considered him as a political prisoner and could win his release from jail.<ref>[https://targetedindividualscanada.com/2010/06/22/tek-nath-rizal/ Tek Nath Rizal]</ref> | Rizal has struggled for the sake of about 100,000 Bhutani refugees who lived for a long time in camps in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tek Nath takes on Thimpu- Nepali Times |url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=4842#.XGsuQOhKi1t |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref> Rizal was imprisoned by the government of Bhutan from 1989 to 1999 at the Chamgang jail.<ref name = AI/> He had been arrested by Nepalese authorities in Nepal where he had escaped to after protesting against the Bhutanese government's approach to the [[Bhutanese refugee]] problem.<ref name = NT/> According to [[Amnesty International]], he was a [[prisoner of conscience]], held by Bhutan "for the peaceful expression of his political beliefs, in particular his campaign against government policies unfairly affecting members of the Nepali-speaking community in southern Bhutan."<ref name = AI>[[Amnesty International]], [https://www.amnesty.org/fr/documents/asa14/004/1999/fr/ "Amnesty International welcomes release of prisoner of conscience"], press release, 1999-12-21, accessed 2009-01-16.</ref> He was sentenced in 1993 to life imprisonment.<ref name = AI/> Amnesty International and [[U.S. Department of State]] considered him as a political prisoner and could win his release from jail.<ref>[https://targetedindividualscanada.com/2010/06/22/tek-nath-rizal/ Tek Nath Rizal]</ref> Tek Nath Rizal abused his position as an elected [[Royal Advisory Councillor]] by providing false feedback from the people he represented to the King, and then blaming the government and King for the policies formulated based on his advice. |
| Tek Nath Rizal abused his position as an elected [[Royal Advisory Councillor]] by providing false feedback from the people he represented to the King, and then blaming the government and King for the policies formulated based on his advice. | |
| After his sentencing, the [[King of Bhutan]], [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], pardoned Rizal on condition that Bhutan and [[Nepal]] be able to resolve the issue over the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.<ref name = AI/><ref name = NT>[http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/142/FromtheNepaliPress/2740 "Tek Nath Rijal"], ''[[Nepali Times]]'', 2003-05-01, accessed 2009-01-16.</ref> The issue was not resolved, but Rizal was released from prison during an amnesty granted by the king in December 1999.<ref name = AI/><ref name = NT/> Rizal attributed his release to the efforts of activists from around the world who pressed for his release.<ref name = NT/> | After his sentencing, the [[King of Bhutan]], [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], pardoned Rizal on condition that Bhutan and [[Nepal]] be able to resolve the issue over the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.<ref name = AI/><ref name = NT>[http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/142/FromtheNepaliPress/2740 "Tek Nath Rijal"], ''[[Nepali Times]]'', 2003-05-01, accessed 2009-01-16.</ref> The issue was not resolved, but Rizal was released from prison during an amnesty granted by the king in December 1999.<ref name = AI/><ref name = NT/> Rizal attributed his release to the efforts of activists from around the world who pressed for his release.<ref name = NT/> |
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