The Democracy and Human Rights Party ( my, ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးပါတီ;

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DHRP) is a political party in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

representing the

Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...

of northern

Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...

History

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Established in 1989, among others by the lawyer and human rights activist

Kyaw Hla Aung U Kyaw Hla Aung (16 August 1940 – 1 August 2021) was a Burmese lawyer and civil rights activist and member of the Rohingya community. Early life Kyaw Hla Aung was born in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State, Burma, British Raj, as the son ...

, the party was originally known as the National Democratic Party for Human Rights 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. Its MPs included

Nur Ahmed Nur Ahmed (born 1928), also known as Tin Maung, was a Rohingya legislator, health worker and activist. He was a CEC member of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights. He was elected to the Parliament of Myanmar in 1990. Early life Ahmed wa ...

Chit Lwin Ebrahim Ebrahim, also known as Chit Lwin, is a Rohingya lawyer, accountant and former politician. He was elected as a Parliament of Myanmar MP in 1990 election. He was the chairman of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights. The party was later b ...

Fazal Ahmed Fazal Ahmed (born 1941) is a Rohingya lawyer and former politician in Myanmar. He was a leader of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (NDPHR). He was elected as Parliament of Myanmar MP during the 1990 Burmese general election.http://w ...

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

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in 2003. The party registered as the Democracy and Human Rights Party to contest in the 2015 general election, but only three of its eighteen candidates were allowed to stand, none of whom were Rohingyas.Rohingya ‘excluded’ from Myanmar election contest
Mizzima, 4 November 2015

References

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