Vote to Nowhere: The May 2008 Constitutional Referendum in Burma

By Human Rights Watch • April 30, 2008

A report that shows how the 2008 constitutional referendum was carried out in an environment of severe restrictions on access to information, repressive media restrictions, an almost total ban on freedom of expression, assembly, and association, and the continuing widespread detention of political activists. It highlights government arrests, harassment and attacks on activists opposed to the draft constitution.

Download the report.