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Consensual but criminal

ཟླ་༥ 24, 2025 4 mins read
Consensual but criminal

Punakha—Bhutan’s strict child protection laws, intended to shield minors from sexual abuse, are inadvertently imprisoning young men under statutory rape charges in cases where no coercion or abuse occurred.

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