The legacy of reforms that marked the early part of outgoing President Thein Sein’s administration has been marred by renewed repression.
Author: SWE WIN / MYANMAR NOW
'Rohingya calendar' men appear in court
The five men who printed a calendar which referred to Rohingya Muslims as an ethnic-religious minority in Burma appeared at a Rangoon court on Tuesday.
Men charged over 'Rohingya calendar'
A Rangoon court has used a printing and publishing law to fine five men for printing a calendar that reffered to Rohingya as an ethnic-religious minority.
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.
Incumbent lawmakers to remain in parliament until January
Just days after the NLD clinched an election victory, lawmakers elected in the flawed 2010 polls are due to legislate for another two and a half months.
Burma’s next parliament may be devoid of Muslims
Excluded from parties and disenfranchised from voting, only 28 Muslims are running in the election, compared to 5,130 Buddhists and 903 Christians.