recognizing the Kingdom of Bhutan as responsible for the oppression and forced eviction of more than 100,000 Bhutanese citizens during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

HR 25 is a New Hampshire House resolution recognizing the Kingdom of Bhutan as responsible for the forced eviction and oppression of over 100,000 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese citizens (Lhotshampas) during the late 1980s and 1990s. It urges Bhutan to release political prisoners, restore citizenship to those stripped of it, accept the return of displaced citizens from Nepal, and establish a truth commission on human rights abuses. The resolution specifically addresses the plight of Lhotshampas and Sharchops, who faced cultural and ethnic persecution, and notes that over 2,000 affected refugees now reside in New Hampshire. As a symbolic resolution, it does not impose legal obligations but expresses the state’s position on historical human rights violations.