In THe NEws

Demokratiinstitutet IDEA anklagas för att i sitt stöd till valprocessen i Myanmar (Burma) legitimera övergreppen mot den förföljda folkgruppen rohingyers genom att deras identitet utraderas i den app som används för den pågående valprocessen.

A Sweden-based organization that promotes democracy and assists in organizing elections said Thursday it is not responsible for a smartphone application’s inclusion of a controversial term describing the ethnic background of at least two candidates in Myanmar’s upcoming elections.

We are deeply concerned that after deleting the announcement & video of the app launch, @Int_IDEA releases statement absolving themselves of responsibility instead of working to rectify the perpetuation of racism & denial of #Rohingya identity http://ow.ly/mCnV50BGneW#Myanmar

လာမယ့် နိုဝင်ဘာလမှာကျင်းပမယ့် ၂၀၂၀ အထွေထွေရွေးကောက်ပွဲမှာ ဝင်ရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ကြမယ့် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်းတွေရဲ့ လူမျိုးနဲ့ ကိုးကွယ်မှုဆိုင်ရာတွေနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး mVoter 2020 မိုဘိုင်း အက်ပလီ ကေးရှင်း (Mobile App) မှာ ဖော်ပြ ထားတဲ့ အချက်အလက်အားလုံးကို ချက်ချင်းပယ်ဖျက်ပေးဖို့ Justice For Myanmar အဖွဲ့က တောင်းဆိုလိုက်ပါတယ်။

A donor-funded election app designed to provide information to Myanmar voters has come under fire for its potential to inflame racism and religious nationalism ahead of elections on November 8.

A European Union-funded app designed to help voters get information about Myanmar’s November 8 election risks inflaming “racism and religious nationalism” and is complicit in erasing the Rohingya’s identity, activists have said.

Some of Canada’s largest public investors hold shares in companies that the United Nations has accused of doing business with entities owned by the military in Myanmar, where the armed forces stand accused of committing genocide.

It is always difficult to predict the outcome of any election, but in the run-up to Myanmar’s general election, which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 8, most political observers tend to agree on three major points.

A recent order led to the blocking of the ‘Justice for Myanmar’ website which was launched this year to expose the corruption and dubious business ties of the military.

On Aug. 27, all mobile operators and service providers in Myanmar received a directive from the government to block the Justice for Myanmar website for purportedly spreading fake news.