Democracy and Human Rights Party
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Democracy and Human Rights Party
| native_name = {{nobold|ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ}}
| native_name_lang = my
| colorcode = {{party color|Democracy and Human Rights Party}}
| chairman = Kyaw Min
| secretary_general = Kyaw Soe Aung
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| founded = {{Start date|1989|df=yes}} (founded)
12 March 2013
(re-registered)
| headquarters = Botahtaung Township, Yangon Region
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| colours = Blue, green, red
| seats1_title = Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw
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| seats2_title = Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw
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| country = Myanmar
| flag = 175px
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The Democracy and Human Rights Party ({{langx|my|ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ}}; abbr. DHRP) is a political party in Myanmar representing the Rohingya of northern Rakhine State.
History
File:Flag of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights.png
Established in 1989, among others by the lawyer and human rights activist Kyaw Hla Aung, the party was originally known as the National Democratic Party for Human Rights[http://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/R_-_U_Kyaw_Hla_Aung.pdf Political Prisoner Profile: U Kyaw Hla Aung] Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) and contested eight seats in the 1990 general elections.Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press It received 1% of the vote, winning four seats.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p615 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} Its MPs included Nur Ahmed, Chit Lwin Ebrahim, Fazal Ahmed and Shamsul Anwarul Huq.
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.[https://www.ndphr.net/p/contact-us.html About us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623095936/https://www.ndphr.net/p/contact-us.html |date=23 June 2015 }} NDPHR The party registered as the Democracy and Human Rights Party to contest in the 2015 general election,{{cite web|url=http://uecmyanmar.org/index.php/voters/86-2013-05-08-09-12-08/214-2013-11-15-08-36-05|title=Democracy and Human Rights Party|publisher=Union Election Commission|language=my|access-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219081549/http://uecmyanmar.org/index.php/voters/86-2013-05-08-09-12-08/214-2013-11-15-08-36-05|archive-date=19 February 2015}} but only three of its eighteen candidates were allowed to stand, none of whom were Rohingyas.[http://mizzima.com/news-election-2015-election-news/rohingya-%E2%80%98excluded%E2%80%99-myanmar-election-contest Rohingya ‘excluded’ from Myanmar election contest] Mizzima, 4 November 2015
References
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Category:1989 establishments in Myanmar