UN Myanmar investigators monitor reports that 'executions may be imminent'


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  • Monday, 23 Sep 2024

(Reuters) - A United Nations team of investigators on Myanmar is closely monitoring reports that executions in the country could be imminent, its chief said on Monday, warning such a step could constitute a crime against humanity.

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, formed in 2018 to analyse evidence of serious violations of international law, said it had received information that several individuals sentenced to death in closed-doors trials last year could soon be executed.

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