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A retired major-general from the Burmese armed forces, 65-year-old Htay Oo has long been regarded as a rising star among many in the military-backed USDP.
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There are signs that the USDP’s thuggish enforcers may disrupt November’s election or threaten violence against pro-democracy supporters.
Chit Tun remains in hospital one month after the attack took place, allegedly by Swan Arr Shin thugs ordered by Union Solidarity and Development Association members
Dec 23, 2009 (DVB), Five members of a pro-government political group in Rangoon have been hospitalized after an attack by another proxy government organization, with both sides now pressing charges.[…]
Sept 21, 2009 (DVB), Riot training is being offered by local authorities to hundreds of jobless men in Burma's former capital of Rangoon, a resident of the city said yesterday.[…]
Apr 1, 2009 (DVB), A government-backed social organization alleged to have been implicated in the 2003 Depayin massacre is fast becoming a political party and must be abolished, said an[…]
Mar 26, 2009 (DVB), A stone monument built in memory of a former National League for Democracy chair was demolished by local government authorities on Tuesday, according to his family.[…]
Mar 20, 2009 (DVB), Two female stall holders at a market in Bago were assaulted by local butchers earlier this month, and one then sued by police for insulting and[…]
Mar 9, 2009 (DVB), Eight people were arrested in Rangoon's Twantay township on charges of not having valid guest passes after they carried out a signature campaign calling for the[…]
Feb 26, 2009 (DVB), National League for Democracy member Nyo Gyi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for intimidation of Union Solidarity and Development Association officials, has been[…]
Jan 27, 2009 (DVB), Union and Solidarity and Development Association members in ward 26 of New Dagon township in Rangoon have been recruiting new members by promising repairs to local[…]
Jan 23, 2009 (DVB), The chairman of Htantalan township Peace and Development Council in Chin state has been sacked after being accused of corruption by the local Union Solidarity and[…]
Jan 20, 2009 (DVB), The Union Solidarity and Development Association has been trying to rally support in the poorer suburbs of Rangoon in preparation for the proposed 2010 election by[…]
Jan 15, 2009 (DVB), Farmers seeking agricultural loans from the Union Solidarity and Development Association are being encouraged to join the organisation and charged fees for application forms. Local farmer[…]
Jan 6, 2009 (DVB), The Union Solidarity and Development Association in Rangoon division is offering agricultural loans to local farmers for this year’s harvest, but some farmers claim the move[…]
Dec 22, 2008 (DVB), Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association and Swan Arr Shin from Bago division have been sent to Naypyidaw for training, according to a Swan[…]
Dec 1, 2008 (DVB), Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, Swan Arr Shin and the reserve fire brigade in Rangoon's Thanlyin and Thaketa townships have been given riot[…]
Nov 27, 2008 (DVB), A Union Solidarity and Development Association clerk appeared in court in Myin Chan on Monday and confessed to misappropriating 900 million kyat from public funds, according[…]
Oct 21, 2008 (DVB), Three activists accused of involvement in a bomb attack in Shwe Pyithar township in July appeared before northern Rangoon provincial court last week, according to their[…]
Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), Five National League for Democracy members from Maddaya township in Mandalay division have been released from prison after completing their one-year prison terms. Nyo Lay, Kyaw[…]
Gemma Dursley Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), One of the more distinctive aspects of recent repression in Burma has been the involvement of apparently non-state agents , 'patriotic citizens' in the[…]
Gemma Dursley Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), One of the more distinctive aspects of recent repression in Burma has been the involvement of apparently non-state agents , 'patriotic citizens' in the[…]
Gemma Dursley Sep 22, 2008 (DVB), In order to understand the problem of collective action in Burma, imagine the following scenario: citizens in a town of around 100,000 wish to[…]
Gemma Dursley Sep 22, 2008 (DVB), In order to understand the problem of collective action in Burma, imagine the following scenario: citizens in a town of around 100,000 wish to[…]
Sep 4, 2008 (DVB), A list of three candidates for the 2010 election from Yezagyo township, Magwe division, has been sent to the Union Solidarity and Development Association headquarters, according[…]
Aug 28, 2008 (DVB), Ko Maung Maung Lwin, a National League for Democracy member from Insein township, was robbed by three men claiming to be intelligence agents on 20 August[…]
Jul 2, 2008 (DVB), A bomb exploded at a local Union Solidarity and Development Association office in Rangoon’s Shwe Pyithar township early on Tuesday morning, locals said, but no one[…]
Jun 12, 2008 (DVB), The Union Solidarity and Development Association has begun to send its members to participate in relief efforts, possibly in a bid to counter criticism of the[…]
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