Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy

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01 August 2022
Should the Myanmar junta executions be considered ‘war crimes’?
Petra Sigmund. Photo: Twitter
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29 July 2022
Germany summons Myanmar diplomat over executions
Germany's foreign ministry said it had summoned a senior Myanmar embassy diplomat on...
Pro-democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu (left) and former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw (right) would be the first people to be judicially executed in Myanmar in decades. Photo: AFP
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21 June 2022
Myanmar executions could be war crimes: UN
The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or...
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20 June 2022
Myanmar junta death sentences are ‘war crimes’...
If pro-democracy activists Jimmy (aka) Ko Kyaw Min Yu and MP Phyo Zaya Thaw, Hla Myo Aung...
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10 June 2022
International condemnation of death sentences
Since the coup on 1 February 2021 till 31 May 2022, 114 people have been sentenced to...
Ko Jimmy, veteran pro-democracy activist and leading member of 88 Generation Students Group (left) and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw, former NLD lawmaker (right). Photo: Twitter/IrrawaddyNews
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09 June 2022
HRW says junta should not go ahead with executions
Myanmar’s military junta announced on 3 June 2022, that it would execute four people...
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07 June 2022
Myanmar Defence Force will seek revenge if...
The Sagaing Myanmar Defence Force (MDF- (Sagaing)) has said that if the Military Council...
(FILES) This file undated handout photograph released by Myanmar's Military Information Team on January 21, 2022 shows democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, also known as 'Jimmy', who rose to prominence during Myanmar's 1988 student uprising and was arrested in an overnight raid in October 2021. Photo: AFP
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05 June 2022
UN troubled by Myanmar junta executions plan
The United Nations says it is troubled by the plans of the Myanmar junta to execute a...
Pro-democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu (left) and former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw (right) would be the first people to be judicially executed in Myanmar in decades. Photo: AFP
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04 June 2022
Myanmar junta says will carry out first judicial...
Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent...