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National League for Democracy kicks off landmark congress

Aung San Suu Kyi’s long-silenced opposition opened its first ever party conference on Friday, as it sets its sights on the challenges of power in Burma

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National League for Democracy to hold first party conference

Aung San Suu Kyi ‘s National League for Democracy said on Monday it would hold its first national congress on March 8-10, reflecting the dramatic political changes sweeping Burma

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National League for Democracy: R.I.P…?

Four luminaries of the pro-democracy movement – Zoya Phan, U Win Tin, Harn Yawnghwe and Aung Naing Oo – chart the past and future of Burma’s principal opposition party

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Rakhine crisis a ‘challenge to national sovereignty and dignity,’ says NLD

The National League for Democracy addressed the crisis in Rakhine State in a statement marking Independence Day on Thursday, with the party describing the situation in the country’s west as a “challenge to national sovereignty and dignity.”

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Interfaith rally invokes co-existence, chides international community’s criticism

Speaking at an interfaith gathering, the head of the Rangoon archdiocese denounced the international community’s criticism of Burma over the ongoing Arakan crisis and asked for international support as the country works to resolve the issues blighting its westernmost state.

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UEC approves re-registry of Arakan League for Democracy

Burma’s Union Election Commission has allowed the registration of the Arakan League for Democracy, re-establishing a political party that was a formidable competitor in national polls 27 years ago but may further fracture ethnic Arakanese political solidarity in future votes.

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Muslim man attacked by Buddhist nationalists in Meikhtila

A Muslim man was attacked by Buddhist nationalists after a neighbour heard him talking about religion and told the Ma Ba Tha.

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Nationalists and Naypyidaw at odds over protest against religion minister

A Buddhist nationalist organisation and local authorities in Naypyidaw are at loggerheads over a planned protest in the capital aimed at Burma’s minister for religious affairs and scheduled for tomorrow.

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Yangon University, students and the state of national affairs, once again

Diana Hunyh examines the historical and contemporary controversy of the Rangoon University Student Union.

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International community urged to pressure govt on UN probe cooperation

Over 20 human rights organisations issue a call to the international community, urging world leaders to pressure the Burmese government into cooperating with a United Nations fact-finding mission on alleged human rights violations in Arakan State and elsewhere in the country.

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Calls mount for international probe into Arakan State abuses

Human rights advocates both at home and abroad this week issued calls for the creation of an independent, international commission of inquiry into allegations of serious human rights abuses committed by Burmese security forces in northern Arakan State.

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Arakan nationalists reject Kofi Annan’s Commission

The hardline Arakan National Party (ANP) has called for the newly formed Arakan Commission, headed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to be dissolved, calling its mandate “unacceptable”. The nine-member[…]

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Nationalist monk warns NLD about taking on Ma Ba Tha

A Buddhist monk who is a regional spokesperson for Ma Ba Tha said the new NLD-led government should avoid a showdown with Burma’s nationalist movement.

Migrant children left out of new democracy

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Migrant children left out of new democracy

“The kids are getting older and they won’t be able to return to Burma until their parents make some money. So they just grow older and older.”

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Arakan nationalists demand control of state parliament

The Arakan National Party has said that it will dominate a minority government formed in Burma’s westernmost state, warning the NLD not to get in its way.

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Suu Kyi meets Shwe Mann, international ambassadors

Suu Kyi met with Shwe Mann to discuss national reconciliation in the wake of her historic election victory earlier this month.

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Pro-nationalist sentiment dismissed on election day

The NLD’s landslide victory over the USDP is seen to many as a dismissal of the anti-Mulism rhetoric that was employed by Ma-Ba-Tha during the election.

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Arakan nationalist concedes loss

The Arakan National Party chairman has conceded defeat to his National League for Democracy rival counterpart.

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The national election debate

On DVB Debate’s National Election Debate, senior members from across the political spectrum met at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on 4 November to champion their policies ahead of the 8 November general election.

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New nationalist party surges into election race

The National Development Party (NDP) may only be a few months old, but it already an electoral force to be reckoned with.

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International and domestic observers offer mixed reviews of ceasefire

While foreign observers largely praised the NCA signing, leaders from some ethnic groups that did not accede to the accord expressed their skepticism.

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‘We see, we come, we conquer’- Arakan National Party

Burma’s elections are likely to worsen the plight of the oppressed Rohingya Muslim community, with the ANP Buddhist party gaining power in Arakan State.