Myanmar Junta Using New Election Law to Crack Down on Dissent Ahead of Sham Elections - Fortify Rights 12/16/25, 10:40 AM stabbed and beaten by junta authorities in prison, according to AAMIJ. In another recent case documented by Fortify Rights, on November 19, 2025, a junta-run court in Yangon sentenced three individuals to 49 and 42 years in prison for opposing the junta’s sham elections. According to a junta statement issued on September 20, 2025, authorities allegedly arrested the individuals for putting up antielection posters in Yangon. The statement described the posters as featuring anti-election slogans in yellow text on a red background, with an image of a bullet atop a black ballot box. A family member, speaking with Fortify Rights on the condition of anonymity, con!rmed that Yan Naing Kyi Win, 25, and Aung Ye Htut, 23, were each sentenced to 49 years of hard labor, while 19-year-old Ma Ya Min Thet received a 42-year sentence. According to a family member who was able to visit the men, they are being held separately from other prisoners in a so-called “Model Ward.” The relative told Fortify Rights: “They were made to carry human waste in prison, and it violates their human dignity.” The family member added: They aren’t murderers. They aren’t thieves or robbers. … They were charged for being against the state for putting up those stickers. If it is because they violated the [Election] Law, then according to the law, it should be about reforming people’s conduct, about educating and improving them. But putting them in jail, that’s about resentment and malice. https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025-12-10/ Page 7 of 16