Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from elections under new charter
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Aung San Suu Kyi will not be allowed to run for election under Myanmar's proposed constitution, which has now been drafted ahead of a referendum in May, the military government said Tuesday.
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Burma's ruling military junta has placed Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's charismatic opposition leader, under an additional year of house arrest, dashing hopes for an opening to democracy any time soon, government opponents said Monday.
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Accusing Myanmar of crushing  dissent, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday the southeast  Asian country&#39;s recent national convention to draw up a  constitution was undemocratic and exclusionary.
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.
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Myanmar's junta leader on Tuesday accused western countries of using sanctions to derail the military's "road map" to democracy, as the regime prepares for a constitutional referendum.
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Myanmar announced Saturday that it was lifting a curfew imposed following a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and ending a ban on assembly, the latest sign that the government believes it has extinguished the largest demonstrations in two decades.
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May 2008 followed by multiparty elections in 2010 as part of the junta's roadmap to democracy, state television announced on Saturday.
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YANGON, Nov 29: The detention period of the Myanmar&#39;s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been extended by another year, her party officials said on Monday.
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The military government banned assemblies of more than five people and imposed curfews in Myanmar's two largest cities on Tuesday
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Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly protests against a reduction in her security.
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Myanmar&#39;s military rulers should end the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and allow her National League for Democracy to operate, the US State Department said.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar's junta freed at least  two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's  political party Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people  detained "inappropriately" by the intelligence machine purged  last month.
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The European Union ramped up sanctions against Myanmar after the military-ruled state failed to meet key demands on human rights, including the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar's military junta lifted a curfew in the country's main city Yangon on Saturday which was imposed last month after mass protests that prompted a crackdown.
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Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party accused the military regime of endangering party leader Aung San Suu Kyi's life by restricting her access to a doctor and non-junta security.
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Accusing Myanmar of crushing dissent, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday the southeast Asian country's recent national convention to draw up a constitution was undemocratic and exclusionary.
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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been told by police she is being held under house arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.