⁨December, 2025 Monthly Chronology

From December 1 to 31, 2025

3 January 2026

According to information gathered by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), there have been a total of (8) individuals who were arrested under political pretenses in December 2025. Moreover, (115) pro-democracy activists and civilians have lost their lives this month. Among them, (1) lost their lives under various circumstances following their arrest.

These are the numbers verified by AAPP and only includes information and data that has been identified. The actual numbers on the ground are likely much higher. AAPP has been working separately to collect and verify the information of around (120) people still under identification, who died within the month.

“If we were to point to the least free and least popular election, it would be the 2025 election held on December 28, as it was an election in which the junta effectively elected itself. Likewise, if we were to identify the period with the largest number of political prisoners—including the elected President U Win Myint and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi—it would be the current period since the military junta seized power in 2021. It is only natural that the people are not interested in the junta’s sham election at a time when the number of internally displaced persons exceeds the number of voters, and when the public has also expressed opposition to the sham election through silent strikes. What is needed to resolve the problems facing Burma today is not a sham election conducted in accordance with China’s wishes, but the unconditional release of all political prisoners, including President U Win Myint and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who were elected by the people in the 2020 election, and the holding of the junta accountable for the unjust and violent killings of civilians. Without these measures, there can be no peace in Burma.” Ko Bo Kyi, Joint Secretary of AAPP

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)⁩