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Rights groups urge Myanmar to commute sentences of all death row prisoners - La Prensa Latina Media

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Human Rights Watch urges Myanmar junta to commute the sentences of all death row inmates, including seven university students. Sentencing by military-run courts followed the executions of four political prisoners in July 2022. The tribunal convicted the students for involvement in a shooting that killed a former military officer in Yangon in April.

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Rights groups urge Myanmar to commute sentences of all death row prisoners - La Prensa Latina Media

Bangkok, Dec 6 (EFE).- Human Rights Watch Tuesday urged the Myanmar military junta to commute the sentences of all death row inmates, including seven university students. “The junta should impose a moratorium on the death penalty with the aim of abolishing capital punishment in the country,” the global rights organization said in a joint statement with a Myanmar monitoring group, Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). The sentenc…

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