Bangladesh, Nov. 25 -- Fortify Rights on Wednesday said the government of Myanmar should immediately schedule by-elections in areas where the Union Election Commission (UEC) cancelled the November 8 polls.

The Myanmar government should ensure the right to vote for all eligible persons, including Rohingya and others disenfranchised under discriminatory laws, said the rights body.

The national elections held in Myanmar on November 8 disenfranchised ethnic minority voters, most notably the Rohingya en masse in Rakhine State as well as Rohingya refugees, including hundreds of thousands of potentially eligible voting-age Rohingya in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

"Myanmar's elections aren't finished," said Ismail Wolff, Regional Director of F...