Referendum Watch

April 29, 2008
The 'No' vote campaign has begun in the state capital Loi Kaw, three other townships and populated villages in Karenni State. Leaflets, posters, and...
April 29, 2008
The Burmese embassy in Singapore on Monday announced that it will extend the period for polling on the country's draft constitution, as several...
April 29, 2008
Khaw-zar Sub-Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) members are exhorting people to vote "Yes" for those voting "No"would be sentenced to jail.
April 28, 2008
Burmese military authorities are wooing eye patients by providing medical care free of charge in townships under Lasho district, Northern Shan State...
April 28, 2008
A rumour has been gaining ground throughout Arakan State that casting a "No" vote in the ensuing referendum on May 10 will mean a two year prison...
April 28, 2008
Local authorities of the Burmese junta in Bhamo, Kachin State summoned senior citizens and those who have lost their national ID cards to the Ward...
April 26, 2008
Burmese military junta authorities have provided temporary ID cards to Chinese citizens presumably to get more support for the junta's draft...
April 26, 2008
Hundreds of villagers from Southern Shan State do not know how to cast a vote in the referendum, said a visitor to the area. Neither do they have any...
April 26, 2008
New Delhi – The Burmese military junta authorities are hoodwinking and misleading people into supporting the draft constitution during the...
April 24, 2008
Pro-military groups are organizing a rally to shore up support for the May referendum in the towns of Arakan. They also put up posters in public...
April 24, 2008
Kyaukpru, Arakan State: The Township Referendum Commissioner, Union Solidarity and Development Association members, or USDA the Village Peace and...
April 24, 2008
With the referendum to approve the constitution just over two weeks away the Burmese military junta has been wooing rural people with rice and salt...
April 24, 2008
Less than three weeks from the referendum meant to approve the draft constitution, a large section of the Burmese population are still in a state of...
April 24, 2008
Burmese democracy leaders based in New Delhi, India have appealed to the people in Chin state, western Burma to cast the "No vote" rejecting the...
April 23, 2008
Stepping up its campaign for support for the draft constitution at the referendum nearly half a dozen minister level officials from Naypyidaw are...

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