  Freedom in the World 2011 - Burma (Myanmar)  Publisher Freedom
House Publication Date 12 May 2011 Cite as Freedom House,
Freedom in the World 2011 - Burma (Myanmar), 12 May
2011, available at: [accessed 14 March 2014]  Capital: Rangoon
(Note: Nay Pyi Taw serves as the administrative capital)
Population: 50,020,000  Political Rights Score: 7 * Civil
Liberties Score: 7 * Status: Not Free   In November 2010, the
military junta oversaw Burma's first parliamentary elections
since 1990, thoroughly rigging the process to ensure a sweeping
victory for the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development
Party. The country's main opposition party, the National League
for Democracy, refused to contest elections it deemed
undemocratic and was formally dissolved by the government in
September. However, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the party's longtime
leader, was released in mid-November after years under house
arrest. The authorities cancelled voting in several border areas
populated by ethnic minorities, where the government h