Kuala Lumpur, Oct 17, 2025 (AFP) - ASEAN must 'push for change' in Myanmar: top EU rights official

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The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar's upcoming election, its top human rights official said Friday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging Southeast Asian nations to push for change. EU commissioner Kajsa Ollongren also said the 27-nation bloc would not send observers to oversee an election planned by Myanmar's government in late December, because the way it is being organised indicated it is "not free and fair"......

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