Rejected at border, former Bhutanese political prisoners return after 18 years in jail

Denied entry into Nepal for lacking identification documents, Chatur Man Tamang and Hasta Bahadur Rai head back towards Bhutan with nowhere else to go.

After spending more than 18 years as political prisoners in a Bhutanese jail, Chatur Man Tamang and Hasta Bahadur Rai began their journey back towards Bhutan on Tuesday evening, exhausted and disheartened after being denied entry into Nepal.