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Malcolm Nance: Jan. 6 was a trial run

Bestselling author and former intelligence officer: "We were within hours of a full-scale coup d'état" on Jan. 6

Salon · Jul 25, 2022

Commentary: The evidence leads to Donald Trump

On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, I was on the House floor as a mob descended on the Capitol. Deceived by the former president into believing the election had been stolen from them, these insurrectionists were armed, angry and pointed in our direction. They beat Capitol and Metropolitan police…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 25, 2022

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin greets India’s 15th President of India Droupadi Murmu

“Your election conveys nation’s trust in democracy,” CM Stalin says in a letter to the newly-elected President after she assumed office on Monday

The Hindu · Jul 25, 2022

Myanmar executes NLD lawmaker, 3 other political opponents

Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years with the hangings of a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men convicted of targeted violence after the military takeover last year

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Myanmar junta puts four democracy activists to death in first executions in decades

Among those executed was former hip-hop artist and ousted MP Phyo Zeya Thaw, who has close ties to Australia and whose death has sent a ripple of shock through the diaspora community here.

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Myanmar junta kills 4 democracy activists in first executions in decades

The UN and rights groups condemned the executions of the activists including a former lawmaker in Aung San Suu Kyi’s party.

Axios · Jul 25, 2022

Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the first executions in Myanmar in decades.

Bangkok Post · Jul 25, 2022

Myanmar executes four anti-coup activists, drawing outrage

Reported executions mark first use of capital punishment in the Southeast Asian country since the 1980s.

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2022

Reaction to Myanmar's execution of four democracy activists

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022

Myanmar executes democracy activists in new turn against dissent

Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades.

France 24 · Jul 25, 2022