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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

Holding Myanmar Elections Now 'Unfathomable': UN Rights Chief To AFP

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

Myanmar: junta feigns openness, tightens control of election coverage

The Myanmar military regime has announced that the media – which it continues to relentlessly stifle – will be “authorised” to cover the general elections scheduled to take place between December 2025 ... Read More

Myanmar Must Release All Political Prisoners Before Elections

The junta that ousted Myanmar’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

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

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 elections unlikely to see credible outcome, EU human rights rep says

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -The European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren said on Thursday that the grouping had no plans to send observers to an election in military-ruled ... 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

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

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