The UN dropped a warning that Myanmar's upcoming vote is basically a theater designed to keep the generals in charge rather than bring back actual democracy. The military is squeezing people to participate while resistance groups threaten anyone who shows up at polling stations, and the whole setup runs on electronic voting with AI surveillance that nobody trusts.
Tom Andrews from the UN called the whole thing a joke since authorities locked up over 30,000 opponents, and they banned at least 40 parties after the coup. Voting won't even happen in 56 townships under martial law, and another 31 areas have zero candidates on the ballot. Three kids got hit with 49-year sentences just for putting up posters with a bullet-pierced ballot box.
Tom Andrews from the UN called the whole thing a joke since authorities locked up over 30,000 opponents, and they banned at least 40 parties after the coup. Voting won't even happen in 56 townships under martial law, and another 31 areas have zero candidates on the ballot. Three kids got hit with 49-year sentences just for putting up posters with a bullet-pierced ballot box.
