Myanmar's military-installed government announces it will execute a former MP from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a veteran pro-democracy activist.
Myanmar's military government says appeals by two prominent democracy activists against their death sentences have been rejected, paving the way for the country's first executions in decades.Myanmar's last judicial execution was carried out in 1976The government has received widespread condemnation abroad for ousting an elected government in a coup more than a year ago, and for the brutal crackdown that it has since unleashed on critics, opposition members and activists.
The United Nations said it was "deeply troubled" by Friday's announcement, which UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric described as a blatant human rights violation. It was unclear whether Kyaw Min Yu and Phyo Zayar Thaw had denied the charges against them. The junta statement did not mention their pleas. "At this time, that appeal was rejected so the death sentences are going to be implemented," he said.Judges in Myanmar sentence offenders to death for serious crimes including murder, but no one has been executed in decades.The last judicial execution to be carried out in Myanmar is generally believed to have been of another political offender, student leader Salai Tin Maung Oo, in 1976 under a previous military government led by dictator Ne Win.
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