Is Myanmar elections a ‘sham’? UN calls it ‘theatre of absurd’ amid detention of thousands of political opponents
Voters in military-controlled areas of Myanmar went to the polls on Sunday in a phased election that is widely seen as a “sham” and expected to favor the junta-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews on Sunday said that a vote organized by a junta that continues to bomb civilians, imprison…