News About Myanmar

The political party backed by Myanmar’s ruling military claimed Tuesday it won a commanding lead in the initial round of the first general election in five years, even though the state election body has not named the winners. Voting is taking place in three phases due to ongoing armed conflicts, with the first round held Sunday in 102 of Myanmar’s 330 townships. The remaining phases will take place on Jan. 11 and Jan. 25, but 65 townships won’t participate because of the figh

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), a network of current and former lawmakers from across Southeast Asia, and members of the European parliament have issued a joint statement rejecting the regime’s 2025-26 elections, which started on Dec. 28, with voting set to continue into January 2026. The two human rights groups warned that the polls “could exacerbate the existing climate of violence and thus represent not progress but regression” and are designed to legit

China has openly stated that the ongoing junta-organized election—which critics dismiss as a sham designed to entrench military rule—is being held as the result of an agreement between Chinese President Xi Jinping and coup leader Min Aung Hlaing. On Sunday, the junta held the first of three phases of voting, restricted to areas under its control. Selected media were given access, while observers from key junta allies China, Russia and Belarus were on hand to lend a veneer of

Date – 30 December 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,640) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. Since the coup, a total of (30,216) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,682) are currently in detention, (11,433) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political

The People’s Pioneer Party led by former junta minister Thet Thet Khine has thus far failed to win any parliamentary seats in the ongoing, multiphase election

The armed resistance seized two military hilltop outposts before advancing into the urban wards of Katha, Sagaing Region, the day after the military regime held elections in the town