Tag: Politics

The vote had been criticized for the disenfranchisement of more than a million voters, including Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State

One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s general election on Nov. 8, Sithu Maung, worries fake news...

Country’s election commission has made critical decisions without meaningful transparency that will affect many ethnic minority areas - HRW

Voice TV is partly owned by Shinawatra family of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck

What’s going on isn’t new, it’s just something from the same old, unimaginative sewers of Thai politics

Electoral process is undermined by systemic problems and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch says

While excluded from voting or standing in that election, many Rohingya still put their faith in the party of Aung San Suu Kyi

Minus checks or balances, Rajapaksa brothers have unhindered power to implement their agenda

Election officials wore transparent face shields while medical personnel were deployed to ensure voters abided by rules to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus

Najib Razak loses landmark battle, as judge slams his ‘preposterous and ridiculous’ defence and dispels the myth of the nation’s untouchable elite class