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Holding Myanmar elections next month 'unfathomable': UN rights chief

With Myanmar in disarray, under heavy bombardment and rights abuses rampant, there is no way it can hold free and fair elections next month, the UN rights chief said Monday. "To hold elections under ... Read More

Campaigning begins in Myanmar's junta-run election

Parties approved to participate in Myanmar's junta-organised elections are set to start campaigning Tuesday, two months ahead of a poll being shunned at home and abroad as a ploy to legitimise ... Read More

HRW urges regional leaders to reject Myanmar ‘sham elections’ at upcoming summit

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Southeast Asian and global leaders gathering for the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month to take a firm stand against ... Read More

ASEAN: Reject Myanmar Junta’s Sham Elections

(New York) – Governments attending upcoming regional summits in Malaysia should reject the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold “elections” in December 2025, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to ... Read More

Myanmar leader says public should prioritise facts over feelings, vows free election

Myanmar's junta leader on Monday called on the public to prioritise facts and not feelings, and said an election would be held and power handed to the winning party, in a rare national address, as ... Read More

Open Letter on the Myanmar Crisis

We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the context of the upcoming summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the East Asia Summit, and associated ASEAN partner summits, ... Read More

Myanmar military says will return power after free, fair election

Myanmar's military said on Monday a free and fair election would be held and it would hand power to the winning party, after it seized control of the country, citing a flawed ballot last year. Read More