Myanmar hebt alle Todesurteile auf

***The Telegraph reports:***

Myanmar’s president has commuted all death sentences in a blanket order in one of his first official acts since being elected.

Min Aung Hlaing led a military junta which seized power in the country in February 2021 and promised to hold elections and return to civilian rule within a year.

But he was only sworn into office last week following an election that critics say was neither free nor fair, and was orchestrated to maintain the military’s tight control of the country.

Mr Aung Hlaing said his government would implement amnesties that would contribute to social reconciliation, justice and peace and support the country’s overall development.

A communiqué on behalf of the president said “those serving death sentences shall have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment”.

In addition, more than 4,500 prisoners have been granted amnesty and others have had their sentences reduced under a pardon order to mark the traditional new year.

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Now if he could only stop being a military dictator that usurped a highly popular democratically elected government, that would be nice. Honestly, apart from the whole Rohingaya situation and Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar flies disproportionately under the radar given the shit that goes on.

Nice joke. Self appointed President scrap all death sentences but regularly bomb villages and kill off rebels like it’s breakfast.