Holding Myanmar Elections Next Month ‘Unfathomable’: UN Rights Chief

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

Myanmar’s military seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war, but is trumpeting elections as an opportunity for reconciliation.

The ruling junta has touted polls scheduled to start on Dec. 28 as a path to peace, but the vote will be blocked from rebel-held enclaves and monitors are dismissing it as a ploy to disguise continuing military