Referendum Watch

May 3, 2008
Ruili: The police in Bamaw Township, Kachin State were forced to cast the 'Yes' vote in advance on April 30 for the ensuing referendum because they...
May 2, 2008
Maungdaw: In gross violation of any election rules which is tantamount to rigging, village administrative clerks have been asked to vote on behalf of...
May 2, 2008
The intimidation of voters no matter which section they belong to in Burmese society is all pervasive. The Burmese ruling military junta has...
May 2, 2008
New Delhi - Factories in Rangoon industrial zones have been ordered to arrange special polling stations for their workers by the Burmese military...
May 2, 2008
Rangoon – The wily Burmese junta, as part of its trick to garner enough ' yes' votes in the referendum to approve the constitution are allowing...
May 2, 2008
New Delhi - The May 10 referendum of Burma's ruling military junta is a sham and is designed to entrench military rule in the country, Human Rights...
May 1, 2008
Australian Foreign Minister Mr Stephen Smith has called on the Burmese regime to engage in a genuine process of political reform and national...
May 1, 2008
New Delhi - Burma's military junta's Ministry of Information has reportedly leaked that foreign journalists will not be invited to cover the upcoming...
April 30, 2008
New Delhi: The military junta is stepping on the gas in preparation for the ensuing referendum to have people approve the draft constitution. The...
April 30, 2008
Sittwe: In an unique move against the Burmese military junta and its referendum, unidentified anti-referendum campaigners in Sittwe, the capital of...
April 30, 2008
Local Burmese junta authorities in Muse Township on the Sino-Burma border held a mock polling session with the people, after which the mock result...
April 30, 2008
The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) in Burma today urged the people to reveal their real desire in the forthcoming constitutional referendum if...
April 30, 2008
The biggest Kachin ceasefire group in northern Burma, Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has been imparted vote commission training for the...
April 29, 2008
International Burmese Monks organization, Inc (Bangladesh Branch) organized a signature campaign against the ensuing May referendum exhorting people...
April 29, 2008
The Burmese military junta in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State is forcibly setting up polling stations and making people shift, a source said.

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