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Founded 1989 (1989)12 March 2013 (2013-03-12)(re-registered) Headquarters Botahtaung Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar | ||
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 and contested eight seats in the 1990 general elections. It received 1% of the vote, winning four seats.
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. The party registered as Democracy and Human Rights Party to contest the 2015 general elections, but only three of its eighteen candidates were allowed to stand, none of whom were Rohingyas.
References
Democracy and Human Rights Party Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA