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NLD official in Sagaing region arrested on charges of sedition
The charges stem from a comment made in response to a Facebook post by a USDP candidate in last month’s election
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Activists urge NLD government to scrap repressive laws
With dozens of political prisoners still behind bars, calls are growing for the ruling party to end the former junta’s legal legacy
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Bakery owner charged after angry crowd demands release of child labourers
A riot outside a bakery where children were allegedly being abused by their employer left at least a dozen police officers injured
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Far-right Buddhist nationalist candidates among biggest losers in 2020 election
High profile ultranationalists like Michael Kyaw Myint and Khin Wine Kyi won only a few hundred votes
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Ma Ba Tha nationalists hold pre-election rally to ‘protect national religion’
Officials say the rally, held the day before a national election, was unauthorized and in violation of campaign regulations
