Myanmar executes four opposition activists
Executions were carried out despite worldwide pleas for clemency
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Executions were carried out despite worldwide pleas for clemency
Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners who had been accused of a targeted killing after the country’s military takeover last year
Veteran democracy activist and a rapper-turned-politician among those executed by the regime
The executions were carried out despite worldwide pleas for clemency for the four men.
Pro-democracy activists Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw face the death sentence. The Irrawaddy joins the nation in demanding that they be allowed to live.