Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A new election law unveiled by Myanmar's ruling military Wednesday bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and could force her own political party to expel her.
The Political Parties Registration Law, published in official newspapers, excludes anyone convicted by a court of law from joining a political party and may push Suu Kyi out of her National League for Democracy.
Aung Thein, a lawyer who has defended activists in the country, called the law "absolutely undemocratic and unfair." And the head of an U.S.-based activist group described it as a slap in the face for the international community, which is calling for free and fair elections in the Southeast Asian nation.
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