The Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN - Burma) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) have been long documenting serious human rights violations occurring in Burma/Myanmar under the current military rule, one of the most repressive regimes in the world. Both organizations are supporting Justice and Democracy in Burma and, together with major Burmese organizations, are raising awareness on the crucial challenges that the country is currently facing, in the course of the shameful “road-map to democracy” that the regime has established in order to guarantee its continuous ruling under the facade of a civil government.
This paper gives a concrete update since the last report ALTSEAN published on the electoral process in Burma. It also explains how the regime is preparing itself for the day after the elections which are organized with only one aim: to ensure that the country will remain still hostage of the military for many more years to come.