The Myanmar military government has executed four anti-coup activists
over their alleged involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts,” state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Monday, IgbereTV reports
One of the executed activist included a close ally of the country’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, which has drawm widespread condemnation and outrage in the international community.
The men were sentenced to death in a closed-door trial in January after being accused of helping militia groups to fight the military which had seized power in a coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in February 2021