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Editorial 3 years ago

Myanmar junta's barbaric act

ASEAN should take tough actions against the cold-blooded Myanmar junta leader for killing citizens on charges he himself had fabricated, which only undermines the five-point consensus he has pledged to implement.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Executed Myanmar prisoners deserved 'many death sentences': junta

The executions announced Monday sparked condemnation from around the globe, heightened fears that more will follow and prompted calls for sterner international measures against the already-isolated junta.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

ASEAN says Myanmar executions 'highly reprehensible'

Cambodia, which currently heads the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said the bloc was "extremely troubled and deeply saddened" by the executions -- Myanmar's first in decades.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Blinken slams 'reprehensible' Myanmar executions

"These reprehensible acts of violence further exemplify the regime's complete disregard for human rights and the rule of law," Blinken said in a statement on the executions of a former lawmaker, prominent activist and two others.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

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Myanmar military executions prompt global outcry

A Myanmar-based watchdog said the military junta had not only carried out the executions illegally, but had also violated the Burmese penal code on the treatment of executed prisoners.

Lifestyle 3 years ago

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Troubled waters: Iraqi spa reborn after IS massacres

A mineral spa in northern Iraq is regaining popularity as renovation work has brought back visitors, in a city once ruled by jihadists who carried out mass executions.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Singapore executes two more drug traffickers despite outcry

The latest executions come after the hanging of a mentally disabled man in April sparked international outrage, with the European Union and United Nations among those speaking out against it.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Myanmar executions could be war crimes: UN

The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in what would be the country's first judicial executions since 1990.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

UN appeals to Myanmar junta to halt executions

Myanmar's military seized power on February 1 last year, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The junta has since waged a bloody crackdown on dissent.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Facing international criticism, Singapore defends disabled man's execution

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, had been convicted of smuggling at least 42 grams (1.48 oz) of heroin into Singapore, which has among the world's harshest narcotics laws. He was hanged on Wednesday morning, after multiple legal challenges and appeals for clemency on the grounds that he had an intellectual disability, failed.

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Myanmar junta's barbaric act

Executed Myanmar prisoners deserved 'many death sentences': junta

ASEAN says Myanmar executions 'highly reprehensible'

Blinken slams 'reprehensible' Myanmar executions

PREMIUM Myanmar military executions prompt global outcry

PREMIUM Troubled waters: Iraqi spa reborn after IS massacres

Singapore executes two more drug traffickers despite outcry

Myanmar executions could be war crimes: UN

UN appeals to Myanmar junta to halt executions

Facing international criticism, Singapore defends disabled man's execution

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