Election 2015

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NUG pledges cooperation to bring justice for crimes against Rohingya, other minorities  
A man votes at the South Dagon township, Yangon, Myanmar, 01 April 2012. Photo: Thet Htoo/EPA
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24 August 2015
UEC delays release of electoral registers to...
Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) has delayed the release of nationwide electoral...
Flashback - NDF members campaign in the November 2010 election. Photo: Mizzima
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22 August 2015
EU agrees to observe Myanmar landmark election
The European Union said Friday that it has agreed to send observers to historic upcoming...
Buddhist nuns hold Buddhist flags as they participate during a demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar, 30 October 2014. Thousands of people including Buddhist monks and nuns led by the Race and Religion Protection Organisation, locally abbreviated as Ma-Ba-Tha and also known as the 969 group, demonstrated in Mandalay to prescribe the 'Protection Law'  or so called the interfaith marriage law. Photo: APHR
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22 August 2015
Discriminatory ‘Race and Religion’ bills threaten...
The Myanmar Parliament’s passage of two bills targeting religious minorities constitutes...
A Rohingya woman holds her child in ThetKelPyin Muslim refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State 25 May 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
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22 August 2015
Rights group urges Myanmar to prevent Rohingya...
A US-based rights group has urged Myanmar to prevent the exclusion of hundreds of...
An elderly woman votes at the Mingalar Taungnyunt Township in Yangon, Myanmar, 1 April, 2012. Photo: Thet Htoo/EPA
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21 August 2015
Union Election Commission announces preliminary...
The country’s two main political parties, the ruling Union Solidarity and Development...
A landslide from July 25 to 31 on Kalay-Falam-Haka Road, disrupted transport in Falam Township and surrounding areas. Photo: Bik Lian
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20 August 2015
Landslides likely to prevent voting in Chin State
Residents of western Myanmar’s Chin state will face challenges reaching polling stations...
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14 August 2015
USDP shake-up could confirm President Thein Sein...
The ouster of Shwe Mann as chairman of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party...
NLD Office - Photo: Mizzima
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13 August 2015
NLD expels 10 members over protests
Myanmar's main opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi has expelled 10 members for...
President Thein Sein (C) greets members of the Union Solidarity and Development Party during their first conference in Naypitaw on October 14, 2012. Photo: Mizzima
News
13 August 2015
Thein Sein will not run in 2015 elections
Mynamar President Thein Sein will not pursue a second term as president by running in the...
A protest against the CEC’s selection of candidates in Tamwe Township, Yangon on August 10, 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
News
11 August 2015
NLD in candidate selection row
Aung San Suu Kyi has called on voters to change the leadership of the country and back...
Naw Zipporah Sein speaks during the nationwide ceasefire meeting at the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) in Yangon on July 22, 2015.  Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
News
07 August 2015
Myanmar holds crunch peace talks ahead of election
The Myanmar government, army and ethnic armed groups met in Yangon on Friday in last...
An aerial view of flooded buildings in Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region, Myanmar on August 3, 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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07 August 2015
Kalaymyo NLD youth leader concerned with voting...
Forty-eight village voter lists that were checked by the National League for Democracy...

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