While the rest of the world continues to be preoccupied by Covid-19 and fallout from Russia-Ukraine war, the downward spiral of Myanmar continues. A once-promising frontier market risks slipping into a Sri Lanka-like economic crisis, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis created by the cruelty of its military junta.
The recent execution of four democracy activists has shocked the world and led to the possibility of further international isolation of the regime. Sentenced to death for "terror acts" in secretive trials in January and April, the men were accused of helping a civilian resistance movement that has fought the military since last year's coup.
Among those executed were former lawmaker and hip-hop artist Phyo Zeya Thaw, an ally of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and democracy campaigner Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Jimmy. The two others had been accused of killing a woman they alleged was an informer for the junta.
