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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Panelists:

Khin Ohmar, Sham Election Tracker Working Group.

Pai, Sham Election Tracker Working Group.

Representative, Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M).

Amael Vier, election analyst, Myanmar program, Asian Network for Free Elections

(ANFREL).

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Moderator: Phil Robertson, director, Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (AHRLA)

and FCCT board member.

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