Pro-democracy activists in Germany and the Burmese opposition have accused the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (also known as Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung—FES), a German NGO associated with Germany's Social Democratic Party, of having “controversial relations” with Burma's military governement as it held a round-table discussion about the Burmese election in Berlin on Sept. 17

Members of the disbanded National League for Democracy party (NLD) continued their election boycott activities despite the regime's threat of jail sentences on Saturday.

RANGOON—Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is officially barred from voting in the November elections, according to electoral rolls posted Monday that left her name off the list of eligible voters.

RANGOON —Burma's state-controlled media warned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's disbanded party on Saturday that criticism of controversial upcoming elections could lead to long jail terms.

Burma's Election Commission has announced “areas where elections will not be held,” saying the constituencies are “in no position to host free and fair elections.”

Whatever else happens after this year's election, it is clear that one thing is certain not to change—namely, the extremely limited role of women in Burmese politics.

Burma's opposition parties say that a decision by the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (EC) to dramatically increase the number of polling stations in this year's election

Burma's Election Commission has rejected the applications of 14 former Kachin Progressive Party members who applied to run as individuals.

The Burmese military junta's third-and-fourth ranking officials, Shwe Mann and Tin Aung Myint Oo, have been approved by the election commission as candidates for the junta's proxy party,

WASHINGTON—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed “concern” over the Burmese military junta's move to dissolve 10 political parties in the run-up to the November general election.