Election Features

(File) A minority Hindu Myanmar voter casts her ballot at the Khaung Htoke Khar polling station in Sittwe, Myanmar's Rakhine state, on November 8, 2015. Photo: AFP
Election 2020
30 August 2020
Myanmar's religious minorities claim they are sidelined in election
A resident checks voting lists at an administrative office in Yangon on July 25, 2020, ahead of the upcoming general election set for later in the year. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
Election 2020
29 August 2020
UN rights office says Myanmar elections an...
The Myanmar government should embrace upcoming national elections, scheduled for November...
(File) A woman casts her vote at a polling station of Tarmwe township during by-elections in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 November 2018. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Election 2020
27 June 2020
Myanmar survey finds limited understanding among...
Myanmar’s political reforms and steps taken by the NLD government over the past four...
Mr SK Mendiratta, a former legal adviser to the Election Commission of India. Photo: IACVA/YouTube
Election 2020
09 March 2020
Indian lessons for Myanmar polls
Mizzima recently had the opportunity to sit down in India with Mr SK Mendiratta, a former...
Mizzima Editor Win Naing, left, talks with Facebook's Mr Rafael Frankel, right, about Facebook's outreach in Myanmar. Photo: Mizzima
Election 2020
09 March 2020
Facebook’s Southeast Asia director talks about...
Mizzima Editor Win Naing recently sat down with Rafael Frankel, Director of Public Policy...
Hate speech and social media posts led to conflict - Riot police block a road in Mandalay, Myanmar, 04 July 2014. One Buddhist and one Muslim were killed and 14 people injured in two nights of clashes. The violence followed allegations that two Muslim brothers who own a teashop raped a Buddhist female member of staff. Photo: EPA
Election 2020
30 November 2019
Hate speech intensity and trajectory could shift...
Increasing hate speech and diminishing freedoms are of serious concerns as Myanmar gets...

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