International condemnation has grown in the wake of an announcement from Myanmar’s military-led government that it had executed four pro-democracy activists – the country’s first known executions in decades.
Myanmar’s military said the executed men had helped to carry out “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. It did not specify how the four had been killed. The military-led government later confirmed the situation “is as stated in the state media”.
