Myanmar’s upcoming, tightly controlled “elections” are designed to manufacture legitimacy for the junta, which hopes the mere ...

On Feb. 1, the Myanmar military took control of the country, citing unproven allegations of voter fraud as their justification. In the days since, the action has been widely condemned by international ...

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi casts an early ballot for the upcoming November 8 general election at the Union Election Commission office in Naypyidaw, on October 29. Credit: AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo ...

Myanmar’s general election took place on November 8. Around 7,000 candidates from more than 90 parties competed for 1,171 legislative seats. There were initial concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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

Miss Myanmar 2020 Thuzar Wint Lwin is unable to return to her country after reportedly earning the ire of the military junta that replaced her government. Fearless Empress: Thuzar, 22, publicly spoke ...

Matthew Smith is CEO and co-founder of Fortify Rights and a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Follow him on Twitter @matthewfsmith. Americans won’t be ...

On Feb. 1, 2021, a military coup staged in Myanmar brought back baseless conspiracy theories about election technology that spread before, during, and after the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s dangerous gamble to push ahead with a controversial election as a second wave of COVID-19 hits Myanmar hard. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi raises the flag of the National League ...

Myanmar’s election on November 8 is described by United States-based group The Carter Center as “a critical moment in the consolidation of Myanmar’s ongoing democratic transition.” The Carter Center ...

A leading Myanmar swimmer has called for the country’s Olympic committee to be expelled from the Olympic Movement, saying “genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics.” In a Facebook post, ...