A UN Special Rapporteur on Friday released a report urging the UK government to condemn Myanmar's upcoming military junta-orchestrated election that may be a 'sham' as well as continue its support

The newly formed body’s chair, Home Affairs Minister Tun Tun Naung, insists his regime is a victim, not a perpetrator, and is doing all it can to thwart online scammers.

They were being hunted after “shouting and scattering leaflets written in opposition to the elections” in Mandalay city. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At least 30 people were killed, including patients, after ‍an airstrike by the country’s ruling junta hit a hospital in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to a rebel group, an aid worker and a witness. More than 70 people ‍were injured, they said.

A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, an aid worker said Thursday, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this

Facing a widespread election boycott, many overseas missions have extended the period for advance voting, but most expats regard the polls as a sham.

Myanmar’s regime is hunting down those who oppose its upcoming election by using a law criminalising any criticism of the poll, detaining and handing long jail sentences to a wide array of people, from film stars to ordinary citizens.

In Myanmar, principles such as right to safety, dignity, and equal protection under the law 'have been systematically violated for decades by the military,' says Burma Human Rights Network - Anadolu A