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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

Mon-Khmer Youth Reject Myanmar Junta’s Planned Election as a Sham

Youth from the Wa, Ta’ang and Mon communities called for domestic and international boycotts of the election, saying it was designed to prolong military rule. Read More

Myanmar Junta Insists Election to Go Ahead Despite International Rejection

Amid growing international rejection of its planned election, Myanmar’s military regime declared on Monday that any interference by foreign countries would have no impact on its plans to hold the vote ... Read More

Campaigning begins in Myanmar's junta-run election

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

Myanmar to hold second phase of election in January

Myanmar has been in political turmoil since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, ousting a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and sparking a nationwide armed resistance ... Read More

Burma Must Release My Mother—and All Political Prisoners—Before Holding Elections

The junta that ousted Burma’s last freely elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is now seeking to hold sham polls to entrench its rule—the world must not stay silent, writes her son. Read More