Myanmar executes four democracy activists: State media

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

Myanmar’s military government has executed four democracy activists, according to state media, making the first use of capital punishment in the Southeast Asian country in decades.

The four men, including a former legislator from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, were executed over their involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar…