3 Dec 2022
UN rights chief Volker Turk said that more than 130 opponents of Myanmar’s military regime have been sentenced to death.
Myanmar soldiers stand on military vehicles during a parade to commemorate the 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, in March 2022 [File Nyein Chan Naing/EPA]
Myanmar’s military government is using capital punishment as a tool to crush opposition to its rule and has sentenced more than 130 opponents of the regime to death since February 2021, a senior United Nations official said.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Friday that at least seven university students were sentenced to death behind closed doors on Wednesday, and there are reports that as many as four more youth activists were also sentenced on Thursday.