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On June 3, Myanmar's military-controlled courts rejected appeals from former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw and prominent democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu (aka Ko Jimmy) to reverse their death sentences.Phyo Zeya Thaw was a member of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Ko Jimmy is a leader of the 88 Generation Students Group, which took part in a failed 1988 bid to end military rule in the country.Both men were charged with terrorism, and a military court sentenced them to death in January. They were accused, among other things, of coordinating attacks on regime forces.Executions in Myanmar typically occur within 45 days after a court rules to uphold a death sentence, a veteran lawyer told Radio Free Asia, a sister organization of the Voice of America, on condition of anonymity.If carried out, the executions will be Myanmar’s first since the 1970s.The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar issued a statement saying, [T]he United States strongly condemns the Burmese military regime’s reported plans to execute pro-democracy and opposition leaders
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