The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

Home QUOTABLE Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN Human Rights Envoy to Burma February 19, 2010

Without full participation, including the almost 2,200 prisoners of conscience, and an environment that allows people and parties to engage in the range of electoral activities, the elections will not be credible.
—Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN Human Rights Envoy to Burma February 19, 2010

 

Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

Poll

Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

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Burma Population Data

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Elected Seats in Parliaments

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parties

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