{"id":5617,"date":"2026-01-19T21:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:54:53","slug":"myanmars-military-holds-second-phase-of-elections-amid-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/19\/myanmars-military-holds-second-phase-of-elections-amid-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar\u2019s military holds second phase of elections amid civil war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Myanmar&#8217;s military junta conducted the second phase of general elections in 100 townships, despite the country being engulfed in a widespread civil war. The United Nations and human rights groups have condemned the polls as a &#8220;sham&#8221; intended to legitimize military rule, noting that the army is constitutionally guaranteed 25% of parliamentary seats. Large areas of the country were excluded from voting due to ongoing intense fighting between the military and resistance forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 11, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/11\/myanmars-military-holds-second-phase-of-elections-amid-civil-war\">aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar&#8217;s military junta conducted the second phase of general elections in 100 townships, despite the country being engulfed in a widespread civil war. The United Nations and human rights groups have condemned the polls as a &#8220;sham&#8221; intended to legitimize military rule, noting that the army is constitutionally guaranteed 25% of parliamentary seats. Large areas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5621,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions\/5621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}