Myanmar Crisis - 7 students sentenced to death: UN
The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United Nations.
Myanmar has been in chaos since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup in February 2021, ending the southeast Asian nation's brief period of democracy.
At least seven male university students were sentenced to death by a military court behind closed doors on Wednesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement, accusing Myanmar of using death sentences as a political tool to crush opposition. Local media reports said the university students were accused of involvement in a bank shooting.
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