Mizzima.com-Aug 8
The shocking executions of four democracy activists by the Myanmar junta appears to have ratcheted up the country’s resistance movement in a do-or-die push to oust the military. A number of People’s Defence Forces (PDF) have confirmed they are stepping up their actions against junta targets, including the judiciary, in a direct response to the executions announced by the junta on 25 July. Those executed for what the junta claimed were “terror acts” were democracy campaigner Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Jimmy, and former National League for Democracy (NLD) lawmaker and hip-hop artist Phyo Zeya Thaw, an ally of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and activists Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw. The United Resistance Force (URF) – a Yangon-based PDF – announced last week it was stepping up the “Yangon Operation Blood Debt Reclamation” campaign and will be attacking more targets connected with the judiciary that enacts death sentences and they claim is rife with injustice. Urban guerrillas in Yangon confirmed a bomb attack on a military outpost near the Mingaladon township courthouse on the night of 29 July. In a different part of the country, Sagaing Town’s administrative offices were attacked on 1 August killing four junta soldiers. Attacks by resistance forces in Myanmar have reportedly increased since state media announced the executions. Read more at: https://www.mizzima.com/article/executions-myanmar-pro-democracy-activists-galvanize-resistance
