The Burmese government has pledged to amend the draconian publishing law that requires all publications to register with and submit copies to the censorship board, but is not planning to abolish the legislation
More than 60 people sign a petition urging the National League for Democracy not to run in elections as party spokesperson reasserts unity
Burma’s main opposition party has decried laws that bar leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running for office and potentially force her expulsion
Participants will have to pay $300 to compete in elections this year, with a campaign budget at no more than $10,000
Controversial laws draw the ire of the international community, as Burma’s foreign minister waxes lyrical on the merits of ‘tolerance’
Only election opinions that fall within the government’s censor board guidelines are permitted for publishing, newspaper editors complain
