Exclusion And Ethnic Inequality for Myanmar’s Elections
October 23, 2020 • Author: Progressive Voice“While the situation of armed conflict is certainly serious in Rakhine State and other ethnic states in Myanmar, what the UEC does not mention is that it is the military offensives and militarization of the Myanmar military that creates this insecurity cited.” With Myanm... Read more ►
Promises Made, Promises Kept – Peace for All Myanmar
October 16, 2020 • Author: Progressive VoiceFor peace to be possible, conflict must be halted and human rights norms need to be upheld, including the rights to freedom of assembly and expression. Last week, a spate of separate attacks by the Myanmar military against ethnic communities in Rakhine and Shan States furthe... Read more ►
The UEC and its international partners must not fail the people of Myanmar
October 9, 2020 • Author: Progressive Voice“We were not informed and didn’t have a chance to argue not to use the Bengali label about us in the app. It’s like an abuse of our rights.”Dus Muhammed (aka Aye Win), Maungdaw Pyithu Hluttaw candidate With under a month until the election, controversy is swirlin... Read more ►
