Burma

On Myanmar’s Overturned Election

By The Irrawaddy

One year after the 2020 general election, politicians and voters talk to The Irrawaddy about the regime’s annulling of the election results and the disastrous impact of the military

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The News For 18 May 2022

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Family of Police Crackdown’s Victim Urges Rooting Out Dictatorship

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By The Irrawaddy

Chance of recovery is only 5 percent; ‘Only after her helmet was taken off and blood burst out, did I know that she had been shot.’

Myanmar’s Legally-Elected Lawmakers Denounce Coup, Call for Release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

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By The Irrawaddy

NLD lawmakers pledge loyalty to democracy and say they stand with the people in defiance of the coup.

Myanmar’s Coup Leaders Name a New Union Election Commission

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By The Irrawaddy

Hand-picked body will oversee a do-over vote to reverse the NLD’s landslide victory in November.

Myanmar’s Supreme Court Hears Election Misconduct Claims Against President, Suu Kyi

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By San Yamin Aung

Two military proxy parties filed their claims against the leaders and electoral body, accusing them of breaking the law during the November general election.

Myanmar Election Observers Urge Military to Accept Election Results

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By The Irrawaddy

A joint statement has called for the military and its political allies to work with the National League for Democracy to address issues with the Nov. 8 election.

Four Years On, No Answers Over Murder of Critic of Myanmar’s Military

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Analysis

By San Yamin Aung

Muslim lawyer U Ko Ni was gunned down in daylight at Yangon’s airport in 2017 but no motive has been established and the supposed mastermind is still at large.

Myanmar Military Demands Proof November Election Was Fair

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By San Yamin Aung

The military says it wants to be convinced the general election was free from voter fraud before the new parliament convenes.

Myanmar Military Condemns Speaker’s Refusal to Probe Election Fraud Claims

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By San Yamin Aung

Speaker T Khun Myat has come under fire from the military for refusing its request to hold a special parliamentary session to examine fraud charges.

Speaker Rejects Myanmar Military, Proxy Party’s Call for Special Parliament Session

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By San Yamin Aung

The military and USDP’s attempt to take electoral fraud claims to Parliament is irrelevant, Speaker T Khun Myat says.

Calls For Myanmar Govt to Scrap Terrorist Label for Arakan Army

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By Min Aung Khine

Rakhine State politicians say calling the armed group a terrorist organization is an obstacle to peace.

Claiming Electoral Fraud, Myanmar Military and Proxy Party Calls Special Parliament Session

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By San Yamin Aung

Aiming to discredit the NLD’s landslide victory, the military and Union Solidarity and Development Party have pressed to take the election fraud claims to parliament.