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Myanmar Archive
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Suu Kyi’s Party NLD Dissolved
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the symbol of resistance against the ruling junta, has been dissolved in compliance with new electoral laws. The National League for Democracy declined to meet a May 6 deadline to re-register as a political party and boycotted the vote scheduled for later this year. Registering for the polls would [...] -
ASEAN MPs Petition for Sanctions Against Myanmar
In a petition released in the lead-up to the ASEAN Leaders’ Summit in Vietnam to Myanmar’s leaders, several ASEAN policymakers have condemned election laws unveiled by the junta which have been criticised as undermining the credibility of the vote, the first to be held in the country for two decades. The petition, endorsed by 105 [...] -
The Options for Myanmar
TODAY, 1 April 2010 by Simon Tay and William Hatch The decision not to allow iconic Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to participate in elections in Myanmar was bad enough. But the latest news that her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), will also not participate leads many to worry that the vote later this [...] -
NLD to Boycott Myanmar’s Upcoming Elections
After much deliberation, Myanmar’s largest opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has decided not to register for this year’s election, meaning the party of Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will not be allowed the chance of any role in the military-led political process. This painful decision was made despite the compulsory [...] -
Suu Kyi Opposes Role in Upcoming Elections as UN Contemplates Intervention
The detained leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement Aung San Suu Kyi has announced that she opposes registering her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), for the elections planned this year due to the junta’s restrictions, which she considers “unjust”. The laws, published earlier this month, state that parties cannot have any members with criminal [...] -
Myanmar: Suu Kyi appeal refused, Singapore ‘disappointed’
The house arrest of Myanmar’s leading dissident Aung San Suu Kyi’s will continue, after the Supreme Court of Myanmar refused an appeal to shorten it. The current 18-month sentence extension was ordered after an uninvited American swam across a lake to Suu Kyi’s home, where Suu Kyi allowed him to stay. The [...] -
Female activists jailed as UN envoy enters Myanmar
The Military junta in Myanmar has sentenced four female activists to jail terms of two years with hard labour on the day that a UN envoy arrived to inspect human rights progress in the nation, the opposition party said Tuesday. The women were accused of causing public unrest and were sentenced during a closed hearing [...] -
Democracy icon Suu Kyi may be freed in November
There have been reports that the detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi may be released in November this year when her house arrest ends. The optimism is checked, however, because this would likely come too late for her to actively participate in this year’s much-anticipated elections, the country’s first since [...] -
State-run Indian company plans to take 4% stake in Myanmar-China pipeline
State-run Indian company Gail intends to acquire a 4% stake in the USD $2.01 billion Myanmar-China gas pipeline. The investment of Gail and OVL a subsidiary of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited would amount to approximately USD $250 million in the project. Gail’s investment comes after reports that its net profits have undergone a three-fold [...]
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