BURMA BULLETIN Issue 106 - October 2015

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KEY STORY: ELECTIONS 2015 • EC backtracks on delaying vote; • Polling cancellations spike in 2015; • Conflict destabilizes campaigns; • State-backed groups threaten voters; • NLD staff target of violence; • Police arrest activists, candidate; • USDP-Ma Ba Tha ties strengthen; • Controversial campaign tactics; • Suu Kyi plans 2016 leadership, USDP endorses Thein Sein; • Overseas vote misses millions; • Domestic concern on advance vote; • Election observers deployed; • 40,000 special police trained... INSIDE BURMA: • Incomplete ?Nationwide? ceasefire signed; • Tatmadaw retaliates against NCA non-signatories; • Civilian abuse... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Facebook crackdown; • Letpadan report; • Paunglaung dam violations: report... INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: • UNSR statement to UNGA... ECONOMY: • CBM revokes forex licenses; • Minimum wage disputes... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS.

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ALTSEAN-Burma

Date of Publication: 

2015-10-00

Date of entry: 

2015-11-09

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English

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