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Myanmar junta seeks election legitimacy; UN decries violence

(Bloomberg) -- In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast. A rebel offensive had swept down from the Chinese border and was threatening Mandalay, the country’s ...
Human Rights Watch

Myanmar: Elections a Fraudulent Claim for Credibility

(Bangkok) – Foreign governments should reject the Myanmar junta’s plans to hold elections from late December 2025 through January 2026 because they will not be free, fair, or inclusive, Human Rights ...
CNN

Myanmar’s military junta begins elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...
The New York Times

Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections. A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor ...
The Diplomat

Myanmar’s Military Prepares to Enact Its Election Plan

Supporters of Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) attend a political rally at party’s headquarters in Naypyidaw’s Zeyathiri township, Dec. 21, 2025. Credit: ...