Democracy and Human Rights Party
Democracy and Human Rights Party ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Kyaw Min |
| Secretary-General | Kyaw Soe Aung |
| Founded |
1989 12 March 2013[1](re-registered) |
| Headquarters | Botahtaung Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar |
| Colours | Blue, green, red |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw |
0 / 224 |
| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw |
0 / 440 |
The Democracy and Human Rights Party (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ, DHRP) is a political party in Myanmar representing the Rohingya of northern Rakhine State.
History
Established in 1989, the party was originally known as the National Democratic Party for Human Rights[2] and contested eight seats in the 1990 general elections.[3] It received 1% of the vote, winning four seats.[4]
After being banned by the military government, it continued to operate in exile, and the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (exile) was formed in New York City in 2003.[5] The party registered as Democracy and Human Rights Party to contest the 2015 general elections,[1] but only three of its eighteen candidates were allowed to stand, none of whom were Rohingyas.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Democracy and Human Rights Party". Union Election Commission. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ Political Prisoner Profile: U Kyaw Hla Aung Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
- ↑ Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p615 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ About us NDPHR
- ↑ Rohingya ‘excluded’ from Myanmar election contest Mizzima, 4 November 2015
