National Unity Government Statement No.17/2022

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"In the morning of 24th July 2022, state propaganda media of the terrorist military council reported that U Kyaw Min Yu also known as U Jimmy, U Phyo Zeyar Thaw, U Hla Myo Aung and U Aung Thuya Zaw had their punishment meted out according to prison procedure. When family members approached the authorities in Insein Prison, they confirmed that the announcement was true and that they were not at liberty to release the bodies of the deceased. It is totally unacceptable that the terrorist military council, against all national and international legal norms, inhumanely went ahead with the executions of U Kyaw Min Yu, also known as U Jimmy, one of the leaders of the 88 Generation Students Group student leader, a veteran democracy activist and founder of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society and U Phyo Zeyar Thaw, a member of National League for Democracy and former Parliament Member of Pyithu Hluttaw including U Hla Myo Aung and U Aung Thuya Zaw. For this atrocious act of brutality, the National Unity Government pledges to take a systematic approach to any legal and political routes available, be it national, international, and military, to get legal retribution for their unlawful deaths and punish those responsible. We bow our heads, salute, pay homage and stand together with the families, friends and relatives of all those fallen heroes of the Spring Revolution and those who had been arbitrarily detained in prison, tortured and murdered. To show our gratitude to those heroes who gave up their lives during the Spring Revolution, the National Unity Government vows to, together hand in hand with the people, uproot and rid our land of the ruthless fascist policy forever never to rear its head again. We also believe that the populace and those risking their lives on the frontline must be feeling sad and sorrowful and with this force of feeling focus on the revolution and fight to the end to achieve victory. To those democracy activists and leaders of the revolution, this is solid evidence that the terrorist military is not prepared to solve our country’s difficulties and has no intentions of doing so peacefully. This is also proof, and a warning shot to those who believe that the terrorist military leaders can be approached, and political solutions found. We urge the international institutions and allied countries that treasure and value democracy and human rights to put pressure to bear on the terrorist military to stop their atrocities and in future to lend a helping hand to, and stand together with the Myanmar people, Committee Representing Pyithu Hluttaw (CRPH), National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), National Unity Government (NUG), Ethnic Resistance Organizations (EROs) and democracy activists and as result ending fascism in Myanmar..."

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National Unity Government of Myanmar

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2022-07-25

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2022-07-26

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Myanmar

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