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REVEALED: Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists | Vintage Vibes

Combination of file photos shows undated handout photographs released by Myanmar's Military Information Team on Jan 21, 2022 of democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, also known as 'Jimmy', left, and former lawmaker Maung Kyaw, aka Phyo Zeya Thaw. (Photo: handout/ AFP)

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the first executions in Myanmar in decades.

Sentenced to death in January in a closed-door trial, the four men had been accused of helping militias to fight the army that seized power in a coup last year and unleashed a bloody crackdown on its opponents.

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