Kyaw Min Yu

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Literary writer and prominent pro-democracy activist “Ko Jimmy,” imprisoned multiple times previously, was charged over his Facebook posts in February 2021 and arrested in October; a military tribunal sentenced him to death on January 21, 2022 on treason and terrorism charges. He wrote a best selling book Making Friendship, and a novel The Moon in the Lake. He was executed on July 25, 2022 after failed appeals.