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Myanmar carries out its first executions in decades, including democracy activists

Democracy Myanmar Phyo Zeya Thaw Kyaw Min Yu National League for Democracy Human Rights Terrorist
Among those executed was Phyo Zeya Thaw, a 41-year-old former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, who was convicted in January by a closed military court of offenses involving explosives, bombings and financing terrorism. In this Aug. 19, 2015, photo, Phyo Zeya Thaw arrives at the Myanmar parliament in Naypyitaw. (AP)

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's government announced Monday it had carried out its first executions in decades, hanging 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.

The executions, detailed in the state-run Mirror Daily newspaper, were carried out despite worldwide pleas for clemency for the four political prisoners, including from United Nations experts and Cambodia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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