Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) said Monday it was confident of winning a landslide victory in Myanmar as official results trickled in following the weekend's coronavirus-disrupted election.
As Aung San Suu Kyi is vilified internationally for denying genocide against the Rohingya, her opponents in Sunday's Myanmar election are ramping up the rhetoric against the Muslim minority.
A hardline Buddhist monk turned himself in Monday after 18 months on the run—and less than a week before Myanmar's national elections—a move analysts described as a bid to "influence" the vote.
Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast her ballot Thursday ahead of Election Day next week with hundreds of thousands of elderly voters across the country expected to follow suit to reduce the risk of coronavirus.
Once celebrated as democracy champions, a tight elite of elderly former political prisoners at the helm of Myanmar's ruling party now stand accused of oppression, discrimination and censorship.
Elephants, horses and tractors brandished the National League for Democracy flag in an election convey that attracted thousands on Sunday despite Covid-19 restrictions banning groups of more than 50 people.
For many marginalised ethnic minority groups in conflict-plagued regions of Myanmar, next month's national elections had at least offered a glimmer of hope for empowerment.
An armed group in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state confirmed Monday it had taken three election candidates of Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party prisoner ahead of a November election already marred by mass disenfranchisement.