Burma’s military junta has executed four democracy activists convicted of terrorism in a move swiftly condemned by international human rights groups.
The four men were executed for committing “violent and inhuman acts of terrorism,” the junta’s Information Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. This marks the first executions carried out by Burma in decades.
The ministry said the executions were carried out in accordance with “the relevant provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law” but did not specify where or when they occurred.
Phyo Zeyar Thaw, a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National Democracy League (NLD) party, and veteran democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu—also known as Jimmy Ko—were executed for terrorism-related offenses….