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
DECEMBER 21, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MORE THAN 90 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MILITARY COURTS
More than 90 people have been sentenced to death by military courts in Myanmar’s Yangon region since the country’s army overthrew civilian rule in a Feb. 1 coup, according to reports in Myanmar’s junta-controlled media.
JULY 21, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA TRIBUNALS IMPOSE 65 DEATH SENTENCES
The Myanmar junta’s military tribunals have sentenced 65 people to death following unjust trials since the military coup on 1 February 2021, Human Rights Watch said on 21 July 2021.
JULY 10, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY JUNTA SENTENCES 16 TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF ALLEGED INFORMANT, SONS
Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced 16 people to death for murdering an alleged informant and his two sons in the capital Yangon, local media reported late on 28 June 2021.
- JULY 4, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: AT LEAST 883 CIVILIANS KILLED, 126 SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE COUP
At least 883 unarmed civilians have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seizure of power in early February and 126 have been sentenced to death.
- JUNE 28, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: AT LEAST 64 PROTESTERS, TWO OF THEM UNDERAGE, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MILITARY COURTS
At least 64 Myanmar citizens detained in protests against the country’s Feb. 1 military coup have been sentenced to death by junta courts.
- MAY 12, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR STILL IN TURMOIL 100 DAYS SINCE MILITARY COUP
At least 783 people have been killed by the Myanmar military as of 11 May since a February coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
APRIL 15, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: REGIME HANDS MENTALLY ILL MAN DEATH SENTENCE
A person who suffers from mental illness was sentenced to death along with 18 other people by Myanmar’s military regime on 8 April 2021 after being accused of banditry and murder in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, in late March.
- APRIL 14, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: SEVEN MORE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY COURT-MARTIAL
Myanmar's state-run television reported on 13 April 2021 that seven people had been sentenced to death by court-martial for their roles in the killing of a woman who purportedly cooperated with the military.
- APRIL 10, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: 19 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ASSOCIATE OF OFFICER
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain in a district of Yangon, the military owned Myawaddy television station said on 9 April 2021.
MARCH 17, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY IMPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON, DISSENT
Amid growing violence in Myanmar following the 1st February coup, the ruling military on 16 March imposed a death penalty as a possible punishment for treason, dissent, and other offenses against the government.
FEBRUARY 15, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA PARDONS OVER 23,000 PRISONERS AS PROTESTS CONTINUE
Myanmar's new military-led State Administration Council on 12 February 2021 announced the remittances of more than 23,000 prisoners, both local and foreigners, as protests against the coup continued for a seventh consecutive day.
APRIL 19, 2020Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MORE THAN 24,000 PRISONERS PARDONED IN AMNESTY
Myanmar began releasing tens of thousands of inmates on 17 April 2020 after President Win Myint announced an amnesty on the first day of the traditional New Year.