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• Stabbed NLD candidate faces long recovery as party calls for swift investigation
• After 2010 fraud, advance vote concerns remain in Kayah State
• UN rights envoy raises election credibility fears
• Advance polling kicks off
• Released documents detail Rakhine State persecution
• NLD denied permit for rally next to Shwedagon
• Security forces nab activist
• Net freedom downgraded amid arrests, restrictions
• NLD tells UEC of violence fears
• Korean factory owner locks out strike leaders

Stabbed NLD candidate faces long recovery as party calls for swift investigation Posted: 30 Oct 2015 02:18 AM PDT A National League for Democracy candidate stabbed at a campaign event in Yangon last night is facing a four-month recovery period during which he will be unable to move his hands, his wife has told The Myanmar Times.

After 2010 fraud, advance vote concerns remain in Kayah State Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:48 AM PDT In 2010, shortly before the November 7 election, U Tun Shwe, a local administrator and Union Solidarity and Development Party official from Chigwe village, Bawlakhe township, was given an unusual task: Place a tick on blank ballot forms next to the USDP logo.

UN rights envoy raises election credibility fears Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:48 AM PDT The special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar yesterday told one of the United Nations highest-level bodies that she is not convinced the coming election will be free and fair.

Advance polling kicks off Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:48 AM PDT Advance voting got under way yesterday for those unable to cast a ballot in their constituencies on polling day next weekend, many of whom are soldiers and civil servants.

Released documents detail Rakhine State persecution Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:47 AM PDT Broadcaster Al Jazeera yesterday released a cache of documents detailing the persecution of Muslims in Rakhine State, including an internal UN memo and confidential military training manuals.

NLD denied permit for rally next to Shwedagon Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:47 AM PDT Daw Aung San Suu kyi has been denied permission to hold a campaign rally on November 1 at People's Park next to Yangon's Shwedagon pagoda, the site of her first mass address in August 1988 when she announced her arrival on the political scene to a crowd of hundreds of thousands.

Security forces nab activist Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:44 AM PDT A prominent student activist has been arrested, police confirmed yesterday, after he spent almost eight months in hiding following the March 10 crackdown at Letpadan.

Net freedom downgraded amid arrests, restrictions Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:44 AM PDT Internet freedom in Myanmar deteriorated over the past year as the government reverted to old ways to curb criticism ahead of the elections, a new report by Freedom House has found.

NLD tells UEC of violence fears Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:44 AM PDT The National League for Democracy fears election day may not go smoothly, and yesterday raised concerns over vote rigging as well as campaign-related violence in Kachin State.

Korean factory owner locks out strike leaders Posted: 30 Oct 2015 12:28 AM PDT The Korean owner of the troubled World Jin garment factory has refused to accept an agreement reached to end industrial strife there, claiming it was signed under duress.

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