Early voting starts in Myanmar poll after activists are arrested for Facebook posts
- 9 years ago
Early voting has begun in Myanmar’s historic election.
Expats in Thailand lined up to cast their ballots on Saturday at their county’s embassy in Bangkok.
Only a small fraction of Myanmar’s citizens living in Thailand are registered for a vote that is expected to see Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy do well.
Ahead of #Myanmar elections, planned for 8 Nov, Aung San Suu Kyi vows to lead country if her party wins: http://t.co/lJhCXkX6Cf— Guardian Weekly (@guardianweekly) 7 Octobre 2015
The ballot will go ahead as planned on November 8 despite disruption caused by widespread flooding.
It is seen as a test of the transition from military rule in the former pariah state, also known as Burma, where the junta ceded power to a semi-civilian government four years ago.
The military though remains powerful and President Thein Sein is a former general.
What is more, rights groups condemned last week’s arrests of two activists in Myanmar who ha
Expats in Thailand lined up to cast their ballots on Saturday at their county’s embassy in Bangkok.
Only a small fraction of Myanmar’s citizens living in Thailand are registered for a vote that is expected to see Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy do well.
Ahead of #Myanmar elections, planned for 8 Nov, Aung San Suu Kyi vows to lead country if her party wins: http://t.co/lJhCXkX6Cf— Guardian Weekly (@guardianweekly) 7 Octobre 2015
The ballot will go ahead as planned on November 8 despite disruption caused by widespread flooding.
It is seen as a test of the transition from military rule in the former pariah state, also known as Burma, where the junta ceded power to a semi-civilian government four years ago.
The military though remains powerful and President Thein Sein is a former general.
What is more, rights groups condemned last week’s arrests of two activists in Myanmar who ha