UN airs human rights concerns ahead of Myanmar vote as Covid-19 cases surges to almost 55,000

Han Oo Khin, from the People's Pioneer Party, an opposition party for the upcoming Myanmar elections, campaigns from a grocery truck, to get around coronavirus disease restrictions. that have stymied campaigning in Yangon since October. - Reuters

GENEVA, Nov 3 (AP):An independent human rights expert working with the United Nations is calling on Myanmar's government and military leadership to stop persecuting supporters of the opposition ahead of Sunday's general election.

Thomas Andrews, a former U.S. congressman from Maine who is the UN special investigator on Myanmar, called for free and fair elections but expressed concerns about the denial of the vote to Rohingya Muslims and others based on race, ethnicity or religion.