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27 August 2023
NUG pledges cooperation to bring justice for crimes against Rohingya, other minorities  
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C), chairperson of National League for Democracy (NLD) party, delivers a speech during her election campaign rally in Yangon, on 01 November 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
News
06 November 2015
Destiny and deja vu for Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on...
The last time Myanmar held a nationwide election, Aung San Suu Kyi languished under house...
Special Police training in Maha Aungmye Township, Mandalay on October 20, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
News
06 November 2015
Security tightened in Yangon Region
The Myanmar Police Force has tightened security in Yangon Region, putting the region on ‘...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of the Myanmar Army talks during the meeting with journalists at Commander in Chief office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 21 September 2015. Photo: EPA
News
06 November 2015
Myanmar elections: Who are the key players?
Myanmar votes on November 8. These are the key players:
Election observers of the European Union (EU) inspect ballot boxes for advance voting at a polling station of South Oakkalarpa township, Yangon, Myanmar, 30 October 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
05 November 2015
EU Election Observation Mission deploys 62 short-...
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to the Republic of the Union of...
NLD chairperson speaks to the media during a press conference for the upcoming general elections at her house in Yangon on 5 November 2015.  Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
News
05 November 2015
Suu Kyi says she will run government if NLD wins...
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she would be “above the...
Supporters participate during a rally to mark the victory of the passing of ‘Race and Religion Protection Laws,’ in Mandalay on 21 September 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
News
05 November 2015
UN calls upon Myanmar Government to hold...
The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, ...
USDP campaigning in Mandalay on October 23, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
News
04 November 2015
Myanmar’s election fundamentally flawed – HRW
Myanmar’s parliamentary election slated for November 8, 2015, is fundamentally flawed,...
Myanmar president Thein Sein (C) followed by Myanmar military commender in chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (C-L), gestures as he arrives Sittwe airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 03 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
04 November 2015
Myanmar president warns of Arab Spring-style...
A video posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar's president, raising the spectre of...
Parliamentary speaker Thura Shwe Mann, former chairperson of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) party, delivers a speech during his election campaign at Kasipu village in Pyu township of Bago region, Myanmar, 05 October 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
04 November 2015
Breaking News - Shwe Mann still a member of USDP...
News of Shwe Mann being thrown out of the USDP days before the historic election has been...
Rohingya, Muslim men check their names on final voter list displayed at Dar Baing Internally Displaced Parsons (IDPs) camp near Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 03 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
04 November 2015
Rohingya ‘excluded’ from Myanmar election contest
Politicians with ties to Myanmar's Muslim ethnic Rohingya have accused the government of...
Vimala Buddhi at his monastery in Mawlamyine, Mon State, on Oct. 13. (PHOTO:- Myanmar Now/Phyo Thiha Cho)
News
04 November 2015
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi not ready to govern, says...
The low monotone of maroon-robed monks reciting Buddhist scriptures mingles with the...
COM, election observation team during a press conference in Yangon on October 2, 2015. Photo: Hein Ko Soe/Mizzima
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04 November 2015
Myanmar voters yearn for change as poll looms
When hundreds of election observers fan out across Myanmar for Sunday's landmark poll,...

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