The Burmese junta has revoked the citizenship of 11 opposition members and activists who have reportedly fled the country, the military regime’s Information Ministry said on Saturday. The citizenship termination targeted three Burmese activists and eight members of the National Unity Government (NUG), a parallel government formed in April last year by ousted lawmakers and anti-coup activists. Their citizenship was revoked under Section 16 of the 1982 Burma Citizenship Law due to their having “left the country illegally” and committing acts that “could harm [national] interests,” the ministry said in a statement. Other people who conduct the same offenses will be identified and prosecuted, according to the statement, without elaborating the acts that were regarded to jeopardize national interests. Aung Myo Min, the minister of Human Rights for NUG, took to social media to express his dissatisfaction with the termination of his citizenship, calling it a “joke.” “Ceasing citizenship of …
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