{"id":9289,"date":"2022-08-02T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=9289"},"modified":"2023-08-06T20:53:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:53:44","slug":"the-executions-in-myanmar-what-was-the-junta-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/the-executions-in-myanmar-what-was-the-junta-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"The executions in Myanmar: What was the Junta thinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/andrew-selth\/\">ANDREW SELTH<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world is still in shock over the execution of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar over the 23-24 July weekend. More executions&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irrawaddy.com\/opinion\/red-alert-myanmar-regime-to-hang-more-political-prisoners-world-must-act-now.html\" target=\"_blank\">may follow<\/a>&nbsp;in the coming months. There has been almost universal condemnation of what were in effect state-sanctioned murders. There has also been a spate of articles and op-eds in the news media and online speculating about what these executions might mean in broader terms. Opinions have varied widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most commentators have rightly&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/opinion\/2022\/07\/29\/editorials\/myanmar-executions\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;the military regime\u2019s brutality and disregard for human rights. Some have seen the executions as a sign of the junta\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/asialink.unimelb.edu.au\/insights\/myanmar-executions-reveal-regime-desperation\" target=\"_blank\">increasing desperation<\/a>, in the face of the unexpected and surprisingly resilient opposition to the 2021 coup. Others have described the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/2022\/07\/why-myanmars-desperate-generals-executed-prominent-pro-democracy-figures\" target=\"_blank\">regime\u2019s motives<\/a>&nbsp;as simply survival, and an attempt to cow the Myanmar population into submission. A number have seen the executions as evidence of the regime\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irrawaddy.com\/opinion\/guest-column\/coup-leader-min-aung-hlaing-has-turned-myanmar-into-a-murder-republic.html\" target=\"_blank\">utter contempt<\/a>&nbsp;for the international community and the principles it claims to uphold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All these views are justified, to a greater or lesser extent. Certainly, the negative reaction to the executions, including from the usually reticent ASEAN, was not unexpected. 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