TODAY’S PAPER EDITION: HEADLINE: ASEAN- Myanmar executions spark global outrage

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Contributor 0 Comment TODAY’S PAPER EDITION: HEADLINE: ASEAN- Myanmar military executions prompt global outcry

Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing (center) attends a ceremony to mark the country’s 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27.(AFP/STR)

A file photo of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. PHOTO: AP

The execution of democracy activists by Myanmar’s coup regime has sparked widespread condemnation, including from ASEAN human rights body member Indonesia, who criticized the military court’s execution of civilians – the first one the country has seen in decades.

Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused of helping a resistance movement to fight the army that seized power in a coup last year and unleashed a bloody crackdown on its opponents, Reuters reports.

Among those executed were democracy campaigner Kyaw Min Yu, 53, and 41-year-old former lawmaker and hip-hop artist Phyo Zeya Tha…

READ MORE: https://aseanews.net/2022/07/25/free-asean-free-muanmar-myanmar-junta-executes-four-democracy-activists/

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Yvette Tanamal
The Jakarta Post
Tue, July 26, 2022

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