Reuters: Reclusive Myanmar Sets Date For Elections
Myanmar will hold
its first parliamentary elections in two decades on November 7, state
media said on Friday, ending speculation over the timing of a poll
criticized by rights groups as a sham to entrench military power.
The United States, Britain and human rights groups have said the elections would be illegitimate if the military junta denies a role to thousands of political opponents now in prison, including detained Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The United States, Britain and human rights groups have said the elections would be illegitimate if the military junta denies a role to thousands of political opponents now in prison, including detained Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
Read the entire article here.
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