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• Your vote is welcome! Chinese in Shan suddenly popular
• Koh Tao closing testimony details police abuse
• Western governments to launch ‘joint peace fund’
• NLD leader and others to miss ceasefire signing
• NDF candidate complains of unfair campaigns
• USDP candidate in NPT accused of electoral violation
• Street to street, door to door: how the parties match up
• Flood-struck Sagaing still suffers
• Jailed students urge voters to elect new govt
• Use of force by police at Letpadan ‘illegitimate and inappropriate’: report

Your vote is welcome! Chinese in Shan suddenly popular Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT In ethnically diverse Lashio, the parties' attempts to attract Chinese-speaking voters are having mixed success.

Koh Tao closing testimony details police abuse Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT In closing testimony given yesterday, one of the two defendants described the mental abuse and torture Thai police subjected him to in order to force a confession.

Western governments to launch ‘joint peace fund’ Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Western governments are giving an important vote of confidence to Myanmar's faltering peace process by launching the Joint Peace Fund to boost efforts after the signing later this week of an only partial "nationwide" ceasefire agreement.

NLD leader and others to miss ceasefire signing Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is among leading opposition politicians who have decided against attending the grand signing ceremony of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on October 15.

NDF candidate complains of unfair campaigns Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Five years ago, U Kyaw Aung lost his battle for a parliamentary seat in Mandalay Region's Meiktila township to the Union Solidarity and Development Party.

USDP candidate in NPT accused of electoral violation Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Police in Nay Pyi Taw are investigating an allegation that a local candidate for the Union Solidarity and Development Party has been calling on supporters not to vote for the National League for Democracy on religious grounds, a violation of electoral law.

Street to street, door to door: how the parties match up Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Candidates and volunteers for the two big parties are clocking up the miles as they criss-cross the densely populated streets of Yangon canvassing voters. The tactics are much the same, but one party seems to be going that extra yard to win hearts and minds.

Flood-struck Sagaing still suffers Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Three months after the disastrous July rains that flooded much of the country, displaced farmers and villagers from Kalay, Sagaing Region, are still not back home.

Jailed students urge voters to elect new govt Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Students jailed for demonstrating against the National Education Law have urged voters to reject the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in the November 8 election. Members of the Yadanapon Student Union, who called for the end of the "military government", said that otherwise parents would have to see their children arrested and imprisoned like them.

Use of force by police at Letpadan ‘illegitimate and inappropriate’: report Posted: 11 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Students and activists protesting the National Education Law in March were subject to excessive police force and brutality, while the government has failed to hold the officers accountable, according to a newly released investigation.

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