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
FEBRUARY 10, 2017Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: ROHINGYA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAID ON POLICE POST
Myanmar's authorities sentenced a Rohingya man to death for leading raids on police border posts that sparked a deadly military crackdown in Rakhine State.
- OCTOBER 5, 2016Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Parliament voted to abolish the Emergency Provisions Act, which was widely applied by the former military government to stifle political activists by threatening harsh penalties, including a potential death sentence for leaking state secrets.
Parliament voted to abolish the Emergency Provisions Act, which was widely applied by the former military government to stifle political activists by threatening harsh penalties, including a potential death sentence for leaking state secrets.
- MARCH 14, 2016Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: WA AUTHORITIES SAY 2 MEN EXECUTED IN SELF-RULING REGION
Two people found guilty of murder were executed on March 13 in the autonomous Wa Special Region, according to local sources.
- JANUARY 22, 2016Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
President Thein Sein pardoned another 102 prisoners, including 52 political prisoners. As well as those
President Thein Sein pardoned another 102 prisoners, including 52 political prisoners. As well as those
DECEMBER 4, 2015Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: DOUBLE COP KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANGOON
Rangoon’s Southern District Court handed down the death penalty to a man found guilty of murdering two
MARCH 9, 2015Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 15 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2011 GANG MURDER
A Myanmar court has sentenced 15 men to death for stabbing and killing a man outside a busy restaurant in
JANUARY 7, 2015Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: TAUNGOO BOMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
An ethnic Karen man was found guilty of the murder of two persons in connection with the bombing of a
- JANUARY 1, 2015Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
In Myanmar (formerly Burma) capital crimes are: murder
In Myanmar (formerly Burma) capital crimes are: murder
- JULY 22, 2014Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR NEAR BEHEADING CASE
A man who murdered another man by nearly beheading him for bumping his shoulder has been sentenced to
- JANUARY 2, 2014Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES, JAIL TERMS
Myanmar's president commuted the death sentences of some convicts and slashed the jail terms of others
- JANUARY 1, 2014Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
In Myanmar (formerly Burma) capital crimes are: murder
In Myanmar (formerly Burma) capital crimes are: murder
- MARCH 1, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MEKONG RIVER MURDERERS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
Myanmar drug lord Naw Kham, who was convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the