BURMA BULLETIN
Issue 107 - November 2015

KEY STORY: ELECTIONS 2015
• Election results: NLD win
• Observers’ verdict, advance voting incidents
• Electoral issues in ethnic areas
• International reactions
• Final session of current parliament
• Suu Kyi “four-way dialogue” request
• No Muslims in Parliament
INSIDE BURMA
• Tatmadaw offensives in Shan and Kachin States intensify
• IDPs and civilian abuse by Tatmadaw
• Sexual violence in conflict zones
•Ethnic groups dissatisfied, re-align
•Deadly landslide at Kachin mine
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Detained students on hunger strike
• Burma UPR & UNGA draft resolution
• Arrests for Rohingya calendar
ECONOMY
• Burma “high-risk”: ITUC report
• Election implications for business
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER