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The Diplomat, "Bhutan's Dark Secret: The Lhotshampa Expulsion" (2016)

The Diplomat, 2016

A journalistic feature for a regional current-affairs magazine covering the expulsion of the Lhotshampa from Bhutan in the 1990s, framing Bhutan's international reputation for happiness and Buddhist harmony against the largely unacknowledged expulsion of a sixth of its population, with attention to the resettlement of refugees to third countries in the years since.

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Publisher
The Diplomat 1
Publication Year
2016 1
URL
https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/bhutans-dark-secret-the-lhotshampa-expulsion/ 1
Source Type
magazine feature 1
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3 1
A regional current-affairs magazine feature, tier 3, used for its framing of the episode against Bhutan's public reputation and for the resettlement context, not as the source of any disputed figure.
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Bhutan, Countries

This source names Bhutan directly: "the expulsion of the Lhotshampa from Bhutan in the 1990s, framing Bhutan's international reputation for happiness and Buddhist harmony against the largely unacknowledged expulsion of a sixth of its..."

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Claims Backed By This Source (5 claims)

This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Religious Events, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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