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Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years with the hangings of a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a veteran democracy activist and two men accused of a targeted killing after the military takeover last year
The executions, detailed in the state-run Mirror Daily newspaper, were carried out despite worldwide pleas for clemency for the four political prisoners.
The executions were the nation's first in decades. The regime dismissed the widespread criticism.
The weekend hangings of Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw marked the culmination of decades of sacrifice by the two men for their country’s struggle to end dictatorship.
Those executed were a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year.