[Media Advisory] The launch of the Sham Election Tracker (SET): Monitoring the junta’s illegitimate election and related human rights violations

Date: 10 December 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 11 AM – 12 PM (Thai Time),  10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Myanmar Time)

Place: At FCCT Clubhouse (In-person & Zoom online)

 

For online participants, kindly register at  https://shorturl.at/fVE6f

English to Burmese interpretation will be provided for online participants.

Live-streaming from FCCT Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FCCThailand

 

Amid its ongoing airstrikes and atrocity crimes against the people of Myanmar since its illegal attempted coup in 2021, the Myanmar military is planning to hold a sham election, with the first phase on 28 December, followed by the second and third phases in January 2026.

There is a clear need for the international community and key stakeholders including governments, parliaments, civil society and the media to have access to a reliable, evidence-based platform that monitors and documents the junta’s sham electoral process and exposes its associated human rights violations.

Meeting this need, like-minded Myanmar youth activists formed the Sham Election Tracker Working Group (SET WG) in collaboration with Myanmar civil society groups, to create a transparent and accessible tool that combines real-time reporting, data visualization, campaigns and advocacy activities.

SET WG will launch its Sham Election Tracker at the FCCT on 10 December, International Human Rights Day. Representatives from the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) and the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) will also join the launch to share findings and recommendations from their recent reports on the military junta’s sham election.

Panelists:

Khin Ohmar, Sham Election Tracker Working Group.

Pai, Sham Election Tracker Working Group.

Yanghee Lee, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M).

Amael Vier, election analyst, Myanmar program, Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL).

Moderator: Phil Robertson, director, Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (AHRLA) and FCCT board member.

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