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A/80/490 114. The world is at a crossroads. It is time for an all-hands-on-deck approach to defending and promoting human rights and human decency in Myanmar and everywhere innocent people are under attack and human suffering is on the rise. 17

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2025 elections
Digital Rights
Digital Surveillance
Internet Restrictions
Sham Election

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Date Published: Oct 20, 2025

Abstract: In July 2025, the junta adopted the Law on the Protection of Multiparty Democratic General Elections from Obstruction, Disruption, and Destruction, which imposes penalties of up to 10 years’ imprisonment for disrupting elections through public speeches, protests, written materials or threats. By the end of September 2025, the junta had filed charges against at least 64 people under the law. Myanmar’s new Cybersecurity Law, which was passed in January 2025, consolidates many of the most restrictive elements of the junta’s policies concerning digital rights. The law bans usage of virtual private networks (VPNs), creates new crimes relating to online expression, and allows junta authorities to suspend or close digital platforms. These laws, as well as the junta’s amendments to Myanmar’s legal code following the coup, foreclose the possibility of open political discourse in the lead-up to the election

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