According to a source close to the defendants, a military tribunal sentenced seven students to death on Wednesday after finding them guilty of murdering a retired army officer earlier this year.
According to a source close to the defendants, a military tribunal sentenced seven students to death on Wednesday after finding them guilty of murdering a retired army officer earlier this year.
Myanmar Activists Launch Blue-Shirt Campaign to Demand Freedom for Detainees
A blue-shirt campaign has been launched in Myanmar on Apr. 21, to call for the release of 3,300 detainees held by the junta.
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By The Irrawaddy 21 April 2021
A blue-shirt campaign has been launched in Myanmar on Wednesday to call for the release of 3,300 detainees held by the junta.
In the latest campaign against the military regime, blue-shirted protesters posted photos with a raised hand displaying the name of a detainee abducted since the Feb. 1 coup.
The blue shirts commemorate the renowned pro-democracy activist and journalist U Win Tin who spent 19 years in prison for his opposition to the former military regime. He died on April 21, 2014. U Win Tin kept his blue prison shirt after his release and pledged to wear a blue shirt every day until all political prisoners were released. He wore the color until his death.