YANGON, Myanmar – On Monday, Myanmar’s military junta announced the execution of two prominent political dissidents: Ko Jimmy, 52, a veteran of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, and Phyo Zayar Thaw, 41, a former National League for Democracy (NLD) MP, as well as two others.
The two longtime activists had been in military custody since their capture late last year after being sentenced to death in January for alle