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Nationalist

At least four monks were involved in smashing the cars’ windows, witnesses on social media said (Facebook)
A crowd of protesters gathered outside a Yangon monastery to demand action against the attackers on...
Published on Feb 18, 2021
Nationalist campaigners distribute stickers at the corner of 26th and 73rd Streets in Mandalay on November 3. (Photo: Supplied) 
The two accused face a year in prison for violating an election law ban on the use of religion for campaign purposes
Nov 14, 2020
Chaos breaks out during a Ma Ba Tha rally in Yangon’s Seikkyi Kanaungto township on November 7.
Officials say the rally, held the day before a national election, was unauthorized and in violation of campaign regulations
Nov 8, 2020
A nationalist campaigner hands out stickers in Mandalay (Supplied)
Budhist nationalist campaigners took to the streets in Yangon and Mandalay on Tuesday morning
Nov 4, 2020
PPP supporters put party flags and stickers on vehicles on September 12 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
The People’s Pioneer Party seeks ‘national reconciliation’ with the Tatmadaw, but takes a less conciliatory stance on minorities
Nov 4, 2020
Naing Thu Latt was deeply involved with the now-dissolved ultranationalist Ma Ba Tha group (Myanmar Now)
Myanmar’s first openly gay candiate is running for the party, but PPP’s links to extremist monks suggest it is not as progressive at it seems
Sep 17, 2020
DNP chair Soe Maung and members at their party’s launch at Yangon’s Orchid Hotel in 2019 (Zaw Ye Thwe/Myanmar Now)
Spokesperson said anyone who can’t afford the fee ‘doesn’t have any credibility’
Sep 7, 2020
Michael Kyaw Myint addresses a police officer during unrest in South Dagon township in May 2019 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Michael Kyaw Myint and other candidates from his party have risked breaking election rules by saying they will defend religious values
Sep 3, 2020
A crowd marches from Swal Daw pagoda in Mayangone township to Kabar Aye pagoda on 11 June (Photo- Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Attendees at protests in support of the fugitive monk were paid and bused in, a source says, with many unaware who they were marching and praying for.
Jun 26, 2019
Wirathu preaching at a Yangon rally held in support of Tatmadaw in 2018 (Photo-Shwe Paw Mya Tin)
‘The law doesn’t wait till he shows up’, said one legal expert
Jun 11, 2019
One man was threatened with a knife during the unrest but police made no arrests
May 16, 2019
Crowd members allegedly tried to hurt Ko Aung Myint as he was taken to the police station in handcuffs (Photo- MPA)
Brawl broke out in the crowd during speech in defense of military-drafted charter
May 8, 2019
Last September, a group of Buddhist monks walked in front of the office of Union Solidarity and Development Party in the town of Pathein in the Ayeyarwady Delta to join a rally which which was held to celebrate the success of ‘race and religion’ laws. (Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
In both Myanmar and abroad, the National League for Democracy’s landslide election win is seen as a victory of the people over the military and its ruling political elite. It’s a price...
Nov 19, 2015

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