Briefing: Rising Human Rights Violations Before the Sham Elections

The Military Junta’s Sham Election, which Led to an Increase in Severe

Human Rights Violations

Ministry of Human Rights, National Unity Government

November 2025

Context and Framework

Introduction

This briefing analyzes the dramatic escalation of human rights violations

observed by the Ministry of Human Rights in the year 2025, a period marked

by the military junta’s preparations for a staged or ‘sham’ election,

announced on July 31, 2025. The surge in human rights abuses demonstrates

a strategic campaign of intensified repression aimed at enabling them to

organize the sporadic polls in selected areas the junta controls since the

majority of the areas are controlled by pro-democracy revolutionary forces.

Purpose

The primary objective of this report is to quantify and document the scale of

human rights violations directly related to the military’s pre-election

maneuvers, highlighting the use of military operations and repressions to

suppress resistance and intimidate the civilian population.

Background

Despite ongoing conflict and widespread resistance, the military junta

pushed forward with its plan to hold multi-stage elections on December 28

(first phase) January 11, 2026 (second phase) and an unannounced date (third

phase). The period leading up to the announcement and immediately

following it was defined by intensified violence and the use of draconian laws

to suppress dissent, and consolidate control over areas they plan to hold

elections, at least sporadically, using military force.