Research of 93 parties registered with the Union Election Commission shows many parties have resorted to similar symbols and names: five using a fighting peacock, four using a dancing peacock…
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Government workers forced to vote "Yes"
Apr 28, 2008 (DVB)
NLD demands right to vote for detained activists
Apr 22, 2008 (DVB)-The National League for Democracy released a special statement yesterday calling for detained political leaders and activists to be given the right to vote in the national…
NCUB urges people to vote No in referendum
Mar 14, 2008 (DVB), The National Council of the Union of Burma, an umbrella organisation of exiled opposition groups, has called on the people of Burma to vote No in…
Tachilek residents urged to register for ID cards
Feb 29, 2008 (DVB), Local authorities in Tachilek township have been urging residents to apply for identity cards in the run-up to the May referendum, but residents have faced difficulties…
Referendum law excludes monks and bans dissent
Feb 28, 2008 (DVB), The Burmese government's newly-approved referendum law has banned monks and prisoners from voting, and made campaigning against the referendum punishable by up to three years in…