With Seng, human rights advocate from Myanmar. This week on episode 62 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the military's Union Election Commission reduces the areas where voting will occur in the final phase of its so-called election on January 25, and we discuss the background and ongoing arguments of the Gambia's long-delayed case at the International Court of Justice, where it accuses Myanmar of breaking the UN Genocide Convention for its atrocities against the Rohingya people.

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Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(01:17) Military cancels third phase voting in townships

(04:46) With Seng, the ongoing case at the ICJ

(15:12) Why The Gambia?

(17:12) Prosecution arguments

(22:21) Evaluating The Gambia's approach

(27:09) The military delegation strategy

(31:39) Upcoming nationalist protests

(44:26) Success and failure at the ICJ

(50:30) Close

Our guests—

Seng, a human rights advocate from Myanmar

New on the Frontier website:

No alternative: The junta's election and Myanmar's first-time voters
Learning the hard way: Students warn against MBA scams

Referenced this episode:

Military Elections Will Not Resolve Myanmar's Deeper Problems
Secretary Antony J. Blinken on the Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in Burma
IAGS RESOLUTION: Persecution of Rohingya By Myanmar Is Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case The Gambia v. Myanmar
Who is Myanmar Regime Apologist Ko Ko Hlaing?
Ultranationalist group plans anti-Rohingya rally in Yangon as ICJ hearings proceed

With Ben Dunant, former editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar, independent journalist, and election observer at multiple missions for the Carter Centre. This week on episode 61 of What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance groups across the Dry Zone disturb polls and attack multiple positions during the second phase of voting in the military's election, politician Thet Thet Khaing is detained and accused of unauthorized meetings with foreign embassy staff, and we discuss the military's election on the ground in Yangon.

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Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(01:39) Thet Thet Khaing detained

(02:42) Second phase over

(03:05) Electoral violence over second phase

(05:05) With Ben Dunant, reporting on the elections in Yangon

(08:43) Locations and opportunities to observes

(15:08) Security and accreditation to report

(18:41) Voter attitudes

(30:18) Election results

(41:29) Close

Our guests—

Ben Dunant, former editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar, and independent journalist

New original content from Frontier this week:

Is Min Aung Hlaing looking over both shoulders?
Costs of copper: Residents near mines suffer under junta's heavy hand

Referenced this episode:

VIDEO: Confronting the man who followed the ABC while reporting on Myanmar's elections

With Hannah Russell, higher education program manager at the Institute of Chin Affairs, and Bik Te, scholarship coordinator at the ICA. This week on episode 60 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the Nay Pyi Taw PDF attacks a Union Election Commission convoy, pro-regime political parties complain about the military's problematic so-called election, and we discuss the challenging situation for the tens of thousands of post-coup Myanmar and Chin refugees sheltering in Mizoram State, India.

Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me

Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(01:13) Attack on UEC convoy

(02:23) Pro-regime parties unhappy with phase 1 of election

(03:57) With Bik Te & Hannah Russell, the Chin refugee community in Mizoram

(08:30) Links between zo and Chin people

(13:04) Chin livelihoods in Mizoram

(23:54) Challenges accessing education in Mizoram

(36:54) How can people support the community

(41:14) Close

Our guests—

Bik Te, scholarship coordinator at the Institute of Chin Affairs

Hannah Russell, higher education program manager at the Institute of Chin Affairs

Referenced this episode:

Fear and loathing greet Myanmar's unfree election
Hannah's fundraising run
The issue of IJBS on displacement to Mizoram
Fragmented Aid & Resistance along the India-Myanmar Border
In India's Mizoram, programs for Myanmar refugees struggle to survive amid US aid cuts
Mental Health, Gender, and Conflict