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UN Says Myanmar Has Sentenced Seven Students to Death
Channel News Asia ^ | 03 Dec 2022

Posted on 12/03/2022 1:10:15 AM PST by nickcarraway

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.

A junta spokesperson did not respond to calls from outside Myanmar seeking confirmation of the latest death sentences. The UN accused it of using capital punishment as a "tool to crush opposition".

Myanmar has been in chaos since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup in February 2021, ending the country's brief period of democracy. At least seven male university students were sentenced to death by a military court behind closed doors on Wednesday (Nov 30), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: executions; myanmar; unitednations

1 posted on 12/03/2022 1:10:15 AM PST by nickcarraway
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The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week,

Did they pass gas in public?

2 posted on 12/03/2022 1:33:28 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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I am sure Mynmar is treating the UN the way Kim Jung Il treated Hans Brix in Team America.

The UN is toothless and meaningless in the 21st century.


3 posted on 12/03/2022 3:09:04 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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2nd amendment ping


4 posted on 12/03/2022 3:48:17 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: freedumb2003

The UN is a cesspool period, load it up and bulldoze it into the east river


5 posted on 12/03/2022 4:27:21 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: nickcarraway

Well, why don’t you UN turd worlders do something about it? It’s your FN UN job!!!


6 posted on 12/03/2022 5:54:32 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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7 posted on 12/03/2022 6:20:04 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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Looks as though the Globalists won’t be getting their hands on Burma for a while more.


8 posted on 12/03/2022 6:43:46 AM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 18 degrees, burrr!!!)
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All videos of Rohingya muslim mobs murdering Buddhists in Myanmar and burning down Buddhist communities have been scrubbed from YouTube by Google.


9 posted on 12/03/2022 6:59:20 AM PST by sergeantdave
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