By Legal Aid Network Following the meeting of Aung San Suu Kyi (the newly elected leader of Burma and leader of the National League for Democracy) and the former Senior General Than Shwea, which reportedly took place on December 4, presumptions and speculations surrounding the purpose and content of their meeting have appeared from various…
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Celebrating with Caution
By Max Ediger The streets of Burma’s towns and cities are filled with the sounds of celebration. An election, the most democratic in the past 25 years, ended with the opposition National League for Democracy Party (NLD) experiencing a landslide victory. Votes are still being counted, but the military, which dominated Burmese politics for decades, agreed that the…
The UEC Must Review Discriminatory Candidate Rejections
By Burma Partnership On Aug. 20, the Union Election Commission (UEC) announced the preliminary candidate lists for the upcoming Nov. 8 general election. Thus far, 5,866 candidates have been nominated from 93 political parties across the country with both the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) each fielding…