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Myanmar uses death penalties to ‘crush opposition’, holds proceedings in ‘secretive courts’: UN

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Myanmar's military-installed government has sentenced more critics to death, bringing the total to 139. About 2,000 people have also been killed since the military seized power and toppled the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, said Duwa Lashi La.

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Myanmar uses death penalties to ‘crush opposition’, holds proceedings in ‘secretive courts’: UN

More than 130 people have been sentenced to death since the Myanmar junta took over last year, said a United Nations official, on Friday, accusing them of using capital punishment to crush the opposition. According to the UN, the junta have sentenced at least seven university students to death taking the total number of people on death row to 139.

1 year ago·Noida, India

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Al Jazeera

UN says Myanmar military uses death penalty to ‘crush’ opposition

UN rights chief Volker Turk said that more than 130 opponents of Myanmar’s military regime have been sentenced to death.

1 year ago·Qatar

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TRT World

Myanmar uses death sentences as a 'tool to crush opposition': UN

Several more people have been sentenced to death "in secretive courts in violation of basic principles of fair trial", the UN human rights chief said.

1 year ago·Istanbul, Türkiye

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