How Will Military's Execution of Democracy Activists Impact Myanmar Conflict
By The Conversation The current conflict in Myanmar raised new international concern when the country's military announced on July 25, 2022, that it had executed four pro-democracy activists and political prisoners. The high-profile killings were the latest signal that the civil conflict in the Southeast Asian country is deepening, almost 18 months after the military staged a coup and overtook the democratically elected government in February 2021. The military killed two leading political leaders who opposed the junta – Kyaw Min Yu, a writer and activist known as Jimmy, and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a ...