"In May 1990 the people of Burma voted in the country?s first multi-party election in 30 years. The ruling military regime was forced to announce the election following nation-wide anti-government demonstrations in 1988 in which the army brutally gunned down thousands of protestors. Despite the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) imposing severe restrictions on campaigning for the election, and placing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, the SLORC-backed party won just two percent of the seats. The election result was a landslide to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy (NLD), which won a staggering 81% of the seats. However following the election, the SLORC refused to hand over power and instead began a systematic campaign of repression against Members of Parliament (MPs) from the NLD and other opposition parties. Since the 1990 election, the SLORC, renamed the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has banned more than 80 political parties, forced from office more than a quarter of NLD MPs and jailed 78 MPs, more than 40 of whom remain in prison. ?To Stand And Be Counted: The Suppression of Burma?s Members of Parliament? examines the fate of Burma?s Members of Parliament elected to office in the May 1990 election. It includes 30 detailed tables, 16 maps and biographies of all 485 MPs. The book is an important reminder of the SLORC/SPDC?s brutal repudiation of political freedom in Burma, and of the sacrifices the elected representatives have made in the struggle for democracy and human rights."....."Contents: Foreword... Preface... Acronyms... Terms and Abbreviations... Notes About Usage... List of Tables... Map of Burma... Introduction... Recommendations... Members of Parliament: Arakan State; Chin State; Irrawaddy Division; Kachin State; Karen State; Kayah State; Magwe Division; Mandalay Division; Mon State; Pegu Division; Rangoon Division; Sagaing Division; Shan State; Tenasserim Division; General Tables; Appendix I - NLD Letter, August 1997... Appendix II - NLD Letter, December 1997... Appendix III - Gandhi Hall Declaration... Appendix IV - SLORC Declaration 1/90... Appendix V - Extracts from the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law... Amendments to the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law... Glossary of Selected Events and Organisations... Bibliography... Acronyms.