BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 105 - SEPTEMBER 2015

KEY STORY: ELECTIONS 2015
• Muslim candidates rejected
• Extremists push agenda
• Voter list errors persist
• Overseas migrants unregistered
• EC defends new ID
• EC campaign obstruction
• Fighting endangers election
• Armed groups prevent campaigns
• Questionable campaign tactics
• Ethnic areas excluded from vote
INSIDE BURMA
• Regime pursues uninclusive NCA
• Clashes in Shan, Kachin States
• Tatmadaw civilian abuse
• News Media Council elections
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Ma Ba Tha celebrates discriminatory laws
• Calls for student releases
• Women in conflict: report
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• UN Sec Gen speech on Burma
ECONOMY
• Minimum wage lay-offs
• Deforestation at dangerous level: report
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS