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This Military Junta Is Rebranding Itself to Hold Elections. But a UN Probe Has Found Evidence of Intensifying Atrocities

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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — As evidence mounts of intensifying atrocities, including the torture of children, being committed in Myanmar, the country’s military generals are rebranding their junta regime and planning stage-managed elections in a nation they only control parts of. They’ve rescinded a four-year state of emergency order, imposed during their 2021 military coup, and formed a caretaker administration to govern the war-torn Southeast …

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By Helen Regan, CNN As evidence mounts of escalating atrocities, including the torture of children, in Myanmar, the country's military generals are rebranding their junta rule and plotting rigged elections in a nation they control only parts of. They have rescinded a four-year state of emergency order, imposed during their 2021 military coup, and formed a caretaker administration to rule the war-torn Southeast Asian country until a new parliamen…

Yangon, August 16 The military-run Election Commission announced last night that elections will be held nationwide, including in townships and areas that the military has lost. It has announced that elections will be held in 330 townships as Pyithu Hluttaw constituencies and 110 as Amyotha Hluttaw constituencies. It has designated 364 as regional and state Hluttaw constituencies and 29 as regional and state Hluttaw and ethnic constituencies. The…

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