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The military junta’s execution of four pro-democracy activists earlier this week has again shone a spotlight on the appalling judgement and brutality of the junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and his top generals.

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s death penalty moratorium has been a myth. The junta has routinely targeted civilians for extra-judicial killing, including using army snipers to callously pick off peaceful protesters. There have been killings of prisoners too, with many of the dead reportedly exhibiting signs of torture on their…

State department says military government in Yangon has not faced enough economic and diplomatic pressure, amid global outrage at killings

Members of the international community — including Australia and the organisation representing Myanmar's neighbours — call the killings "appalling" and "highly reprehensible".

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

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.

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

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

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