The parents of seven university students sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Myanmar are appealing their sentences, the father of one of the students told VOA. Thein Shwe, father of Hein Htet, said that his son was one of the seven students from Dagon University who were given death sentences Nov. 30 by…
The Myanmar military junta should immediately commute the death sentences recently handed down against 10 prisoners and impose a moratorium on the death penalty with the aim of abolishing capital punishment in the country, said Human Rights Watch and the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).