Myanmar Junta Using New Election Law to Crack Down on Dissent Ahead of Sham Elections - Fortify Rights 12/16/25, 10:40 AM Military junta escalates attacks on media and critics ြမန်မာဘာသာြဖင့် ဖတ်ရန် (BANGKOK, December 10, 2025)—The Myanmar military junta is using its new “Election Protection Law” to silence and intimidate critics ahead of its sham elections, said Fortify Rights today. The junta has announced that the !rst two phases of its staged elections will be on December 28, 2025, and January 11, 2026. The junta’s “elections” are already unfree and unfair and therefore lack legitimacy—many of Myanmar’s legitimately elected o"cials, including Aung San Suu Kyi and members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), as well as leaders of ethnic political parties, continue to be held in illegal detention, and the right to freedom of expression and speech, and almost all pro-democracy activity, is outlawed in the country. In recent months, the junta has used its new election decree—formally titled The Law on the Protection of Multiparty Democratic General Elections from Obstruction, Disruption, and Destruction—to target anyone who opposes its orchestrated “elections.” The law criminalizes https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025-12-10/ Page 3 of 16