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Burmese people seen gathered outside the Myanmar embassy during the demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand. Protesters gathered outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand to protest against the Myanmar military after Myanmar Military’s government executes 4 democracy activists including Kyaw Min Yu better known as Ko Jimmy and Myanmar rap pioneer Phyo Zeya Thaw. (Photo by Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Myanmar activists vow to fight back after executions

Four pro-democracy activists have been executed by the military, while at least 11 759 people have been detained and many have been sentenced to death

  • Deutsche Welle
4 min read
Two Somalis, convicted of the murder of a Somali nurse working with a Turkish medical aid unit, are tied to large wooden stakes as they wait to be executed by a firing squad on July 15, 2014 in Mogadishu. (Photo by Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP)
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Access to counsel crucial for those facing capital punishment

The deadly institution of the death penalty should be abolished. It undermines humanity and in places where adequate legal representation is inaccessible it is often unjustly…

  • Alice Mogwe
3 min read