International Outcry as Burma’s Military Executes 4 Democracy Activists

Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Burma, on Feb. 15, 2021. Stringer/Reuters

Burma’s military junta has executed four democracy activists convicted of terrorism in a move swiftly condemned by international human rights groups.

The four men were executed for committing “violent and inhuman acts of terrorism,” the junta’s Information Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. This marks the first executions carried out by Burma in decades.