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Myanmar executes activists in first use of death penalty in decades

Myanmar’s military regime has executed four individuals, including a deposed pro-democracy lawmaker and a prominent activist, in its first use of the death penalty in more than three decades, state media reported Monday.

Tribune News Service

Panel moots separate corridor for submarine cable system in Chennai

The Myanmar/Malaysia-India-Singapore Transit cable will land at M.R.C. Nagar in Chennai

The Hindu

Who were the four people executed by Myanmar’s junta?

Veteran democracy activist and a rapper-turned-politician among those executed by the regime

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Daily Dose Ep 1107: Cong MPs suspended for full session, Myanmar activists executed

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from New Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Myanmar.

Newslaundry

Myanmar court rules Suu Kyi bribery trial can continue

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the bribery trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to continue

The Independent UK

France condemns execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar

France on Monday "strongly condemned" the execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar, calling the killings "a major regression" for the country's military regime. It is the Asian country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

Radio France Internationale

United States condemns "heinous execution" by Myanmar military regime

The United States on Monday condemned the execution of political activists and elected officials in Myanmar and called the military government to immediately cease the violence.

Reuters

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Four men hanged in country's first executions for decades after 'deeply unfair' trials

Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused of helping insurgents to fight the army that seized power in a coup last year and unleashed a bloody crackdown on its opponents

Daily Mirror

International condemnation after Myanmar executes activists

The executions under the military-led government are the first in decades and raise fears of more to come.

Al Jazeera

Executed Myanmar activist visited Australia in 2012 to complete a political advisers’ course

Phyo Zeya Thaw met then prime minister Julia Gillard when he was brought to Australia by AusAid

The Guardian - AU

Japanese foreign minister: executions will further isolate Myanmar

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Monday that the Myanmar junta's execution of four democracy activists will further isolate Myanmar in the international community, and is a matter of deep concern.

Reuters

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

Those executed were 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.

WEKU

Factbox-The activists put to death by Myanmar's military rulers

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts" in opposition to last year's army coup against an elected government.

Reuters

Myanmar junta executes 4 prisoners, including 2 pro-democracy rivals

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

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a powerful record of Myanmar’s potential war crimes

This essential – if at times distressing – Dispatches documentary chronicles Myanmar’s ruling army killing peaceful protesters. Plus, Extraordinary Portraits. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

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

ABC News

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.

Axios

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.

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Bangkok Post

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.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar executes four anti-coup activists, drawing outrage

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

Reuters

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.

France 24

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.

Reuters

World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists

Myanmar's ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding "terror acts", sparking widespread condemnation of the country's first executions in decades.

Bangkok Post

Steel sector keeping tabs on Myanmar

Thai steel manufacturers have fresh concerns over the impact of the suspension of foreign loan payments in Myanmar on steel exports to Myanmar.

Daily Mirror

Myanmar soldiers admit burning innocent girl alive in harrowing confessions

Another soldier who has been named Thiha described how young women were detained by soldiers and then gang-raped for days amid a catalogue of horrendous human rights atrocities detailed by members of the Myanmar military

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