Latest posts tagged with #ShamElection on Bluesky
Myanmar junta's 'landslide' election? History says: Same old song, different dictator. When did performative democracy become an Olympic sport? #MyanmarCoup #ShamElection
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#Burma’s military junta holds the 3rd & final phase of its #ShamElection today in bid to gain intl. legitimacy while continuing to slaughter civilians with impunity. The intl. community must do more to stop the violence & hold the junta accountable for their atrocities.
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LESS VOTES, MORE FRAUD PHASE 2 OVERVIEW 389 clashes & attacks incl 102 airstrikes in 112 tsps. • Junta drops 60 bombs in 2 Sagaing tsps In one day, plans more conscription. • Party adopts Rohingya genocide as policy. • USDP+ army quota = enough seats for "govt." • UEC admits errors with machines, voter lists. • Japan: Sham election will deepen crisis. #RejectShamElection next digest out on 25 Jan! ELECTION NEWS SINCE FEB 2021 SHAM ELECTION TRACKER
On to some more things that need highlighting:
@altsean.bsky.social release their #ShamElection Phase 2 overview report. "Less votes, More Fraud"
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ASEAN will not send observers to #Burma’s #ShamElection & will not endorse the polls, Malaysia’s FM said today.
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Phase 2 of #Burma junta’s #ShamElection was characterized by voting machine malfunctions, forced voting, fraudulent advance votes as well as a strong military presence and intimidation.
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#Burma’s junta intensified pressure on people to vote in the 2nd phase of its #ShamElection yesterday while at the same time the junta continued to carry out airstrikes on civilians, incl. on a hospital in #Chin State & on a school in #Sagaing Region. Read more 👇
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#Burma’s military junta held the second phase of its #ShamElection today Sunday. The international community must stand with the people & reject this election & any entity arising from it.
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Listen to these interesting perspectives on #Burma's junta #ShamElection:
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#JusticeNotFakePolls
#Burma junta airstrikes in #Ngapali kill 4 children, 5 adults & injure 14 others, 8 of whom are in a critical condition. The attacks comes a day after the junta’s #ShamElection, which they could hold in only 3 of Rakhine State’s 17 twps.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#China’s Special Envoy's statement marks the first public acknowledgement of #China’s direct role in #Burma’s #ShamElection.
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Panel discussion examines what the #Myanmar/#Burma junta wants and what comes after #ShamElection eng.mizzima.com/2025/12/29/2...
“It’s just like before. It won’t change a thing,” he says of the election. “But people stay quiet about it because there are oppressive laws they cannot challenge. They live in fear, unable to speak out against the unfair rules and the constant pressure.”
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Today the #junta revealed 9 more Tps they can't hold voting in, dropping Phase 3 Tps to 63.
Of the 265 Tps included in Phase 1 & 2, voting in 2,931 local admin units (about 17%) was also cancelled. 65 Tps will have no polling at all.
Reject the junta's illegal #shamelection
Today the #junta revealed 9 more Tps they can't hold voting in, dropping Phase 3 Tps to 63.
Of the 265 Tps included in Phase 1 & 2, voting in 2,931 local admin units (about 17%) was also cancelled. 65 Tps will have no polling at all.
The regime's #ShamElection is not free, fair or inclusive.
Action from the people! ✊
On 12 December, the Shwebo Township Strike Group displayed billboards along the Shwebo–Monywa and Shwebo–Ye-U highways in Sagaing Region, opposing the junta’s illegal #ShamElection with the message “Don’t legitimize killing with your vote.” ❌✊
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@KPSN: While there is much focus on #Burma #ShamElection, “in areas freed from Burmese military occupation, a bottom-up federal nation is being built.”
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar also
The election is a side-show – the real future of Burma is already being built eng.mizzima.com/2025/12/13/2...
Salai Za Uk Ling: “Please do not legitimise these elections. It will worsen the situation. It will compound the suffering of people and stretch the suffering for many, many more years.”
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Burma #ShamElection
Public Seminar on “Sham Election in Myanmar: A Transition or A Way Backward”
Tuesday, 11th November 2025 at 9.00-12.30 am
1st Floor Meeting Room SB 4107 Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
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More on the #SHAMelection in #myanmar
Cover of Mohinga Matters Freedom Memoirs Vol. 5, Issue 3 showing arms in handcuffs over a blood splattered ballot box
That's all the events for now, thanks to those that have sent us events to add
New "Freedom memoirs" from Mohinga Matters is out, with useful timeline of major events in oct, articles on the #ShamElection, Scam centres & lots more on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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"From now on I'm staying in prison just because of the 29th! The case is over! The case is OVER!" Tundu Lissu #shamelection #Tanzania
#Burma’s military junta dropped 2 bombs on people holding candlelight vigil in #Sagaing Region’s Chaung U killing more than 20 people incl. children. It had been organised as a peaceful protest against the junta's forced conscription & the upcoming #ShamElection.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
To NZ and other liberal democracies, the people of Myanmar need more than nice words on paper. If you care about democracy and human rights now is the time to step up. #NZMPsMyanmarFactFinding #Myanmar #SpringRevolution #ShamElection #whatishappeninginmyanmar @teanau.bsky.social
Our NZ MPs Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar concluded China is propping up one of the world's worst military dictatorships and as a respected great power it needs to reconsider that approach. #NZMPsMyanmarFactFinding #Myanmar #SpringRevolution #ShamElection #whatishappeninginmyanmar
We call for more aid to Myanmar, and to work with bordering states to find creative ways to get the aid to the people who desperately need it, avoiding the military and its proxies. #NZMPsMyanmarFactFinding #Myanmar #SpringRevolution #ShamElection #whatishappeninginmyanmar @teanau.bsky.social
We’re calling on the New Zealand Government and the wider international community to reject the Myanmar military regime’s sham election. #NZMPsMyanmarFactFinding #Myanmar #SpringRevolution #ShamElection #whatishappeninginmyanmar @teanau.bsky.social
Earlier this month Rachel Boyack, @teanau.bsky.social and I carried out a NZ MPs fact finding mission on Myanmar. Check @samsachdeva.bsky.social's story for a good summary. #NZMPsMyanmarFactFinding #Myanmar #SpringRevolution #ShamElection #whatishappeninginmyanmar newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/02/n...
Supporters of the #shamelection in #myanmar
@debbiestot.bsky.social at @seajunction.bsky.social #whatshappeninginmyanmar
Canada, EU, UK & USA must:
❌Sanction junta entity SSPC
❌Reject its sham election
❌Cut junta’s access to funds, arms, technology & aviation fuel through coordinated, targeted sanctions and a global arms embargo.
#SanctionAviationFuel #CutTheCash Reject #ShamElection #GlobalArmsEmbargo
