Myanmar (Burma)
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- military
- CONSTITUTION
- May 10, 2008
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- limited, dependent on the executive
RELIGIONS
89% Buddhists; Hindu, Muslim, and Christian minorities
From the country
MAY 16, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY COUNCIL ADOPTS ARMS ACT THAT CARRIES DEATH PENALTY
The military council on May 11, 2023 enacted the Arms Act, which can impose a minimum sentence of six months to life imprisonment or the death penalty if anyone is found guilty of illegally carrying a weapon and violates any prohibitions.
- MAY 6, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: MILITARY COMMUTES 38 DEATH SENTENCES AS PART OF AMNESTY FOR MORE THAN 2,100 POLITICAL PRISONERS
Myanmar’s ruling military council on May 3, 2023 said it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture.
APRIL 19, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 151 CIVILIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE COUP, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
Myanmar’s military regime has sentenced 151 civilians to death during the two-plus years since the coup in February 2021, according to an April 11 press release from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
DECEMBER 14, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: THREE PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Myanmar’s military court in June 2022 sentenced Wai Zin Yan, Thu Htoo Aung, and Min Htet Thar to death under section 302 of the penal code for an incident.
DECEMBER 5, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES SEVEN STUDENTS TO DEATH
Myanmar’s junta on 30 November 2022 handed down death sentences to seven Dagon University students in Yangon who took part in anti-regime protests.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
JAPAN TO STOP MYANMAR MILITARY TRAINING OVER JUNTA’S EXECUTION OF ACTIVISTS
Japan’s defense ministry said on 22 September 2022 it will halt training for members of Myanmar’s military from next year over the junta’s executions of pro-democracy activists.
- JULY 25, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA EXECUTES 4 DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS
Myanmar's ruling military has executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts," it said on 25 July 2022, sparking widespread condemnation of the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.
- JUNE 6, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA SAYS WILL CARRY OUT FIRST JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN DECADES
Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990.
APRIL 4, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY TRIBUNAL SENTENCES EIGHT MORE YOUTHS TO DEATH
A Myanmar military tribunal has handed down death sentences to eight more youths accused of attacking junta targets in Yangon, bringing the total number of those facing the death penalty since the coup to over 110.
MARCH 23, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: FIFTEEN YOUTHS IN YANGON SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Myanmar military tribunal has sentenced fifteen youths to death and life imprisonment in Yangon, Burma News International reported on 22 March 2022, citing the military council.
JANUARY 30, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MORE THAN 100 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN YANGON SINCE COUP
Myanmar’s junta has condemned more than 100 people to death in the Yangon region alone since it seized power a year ago, Radio Free Asia reported on 27 January 2022.
- JANUARY 24, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: TWO PROMINENT ACTIVISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two prominent political activists in military-ruled Myanmar have been sentenced to death on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activities, a military television station reported 21 January 2022.