Posted on Jul 25, 2022
Myanmar's executed activists: Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy
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Myanmar on Monday woke up to the news that the country's military junta had executed four democracy activists, including former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw and veteran protest leader Ko Jimmy. The BBC spoke to their family and friends weeks before the two men were put to death.
"I love looking at the stars. He knows it very well. At that moment, I knew the sky was the only way for us to communicate," says Thazin Nyunt Aung, recalling the night of 3 June when she found out that the military had said her fiance Phyo Zeya Thaw's execution would go ahead. He had been sentenced in January.
He was one of four activists - including Ko Jimmy, whose real name is Kyaw Min Yu, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw - whose death sentences were confirmed that day. All of them were executed sometime over the last weekend - it's unclear when. A state media outlet reported their deaths on Monday morning.
But weeks ago, Thazin Nyunt Aung was hopeful of a different outcome. "I strongly believe we are connected and he will stay strong," she said.
She had taken solace from the fact that Myanmar had not executed anyone for more than three decades - the last time was in 1988.
"I love looking at the stars. He knows it very well. At that moment, I knew the sky was the only way for us to communicate," says Thazin Nyunt Aung, recalling the night of 3 June when she found out that the military had said her fiance Phyo Zeya Thaw's execution would go ahead. He had been sentenced in January.
He was one of four activists - including Ko Jimmy, whose real name is Kyaw Min Yu, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw - whose death sentences were confirmed that day. All of them were executed sometime over the last weekend - it's unclear when. A state media outlet reported their deaths on Monday morning.
But weeks ago, Thazin Nyunt Aung was hopeful of a different outcome. "I strongly believe we are connected and he will stay strong," she said.
She had taken solace from the fact that Myanmar had not executed anyone for more than three decades - the last time was in 1988.
Myanmar's executed activists: Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."On Monday, after news of the executions broke, she wrote: My love, please stay alive, our revolution must win, you are at the Insein prison.
Hours later, she posted again: Until I see Jimmy's corpse... I will not be doing any rituals.
It's unclear if the bodies of the four activists have been cremated yet.
But Nilar Thein and Thazin Nyunt Aung, on the run from the junta, will not be able to bury the remains of their loved ones."...
..."On Monday, after news of the executions broke, she wrote: My love, please stay alive, our revolution must win, you are at the Insein prison.
Hours later, she posted again: Until I see Jimmy's corpse... I will not be doing any rituals.
It's unclear if the bodies of the four activists have been cremated yet.
But Nilar Thein and Thazin Nyunt Aung, on the run from the junta, will not be able to bury the remains of their loved ones."...
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If we are not careful, this will be the fate of conservatives in America if the progressive left have their way. It's already ok to punch a conservative, harass them where they go to dine, harass their places of employment, strip them of their social life, terrorize their families at their homes. And they say Conservatives are threat to our democracy.
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