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
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's Supreme Court made the unprecedented decision...
Myanmar's Supreme Court made the unprecedented decision to allow appeals by eight people originally sentenced to death in a controversial high treason case, a defence lawyer said
- AUGUST 4, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
eight men who successfully appealed against death sentences
eight men who successfully appealed against death sentences
- MAY 15, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's junta dropped death sentences against nine...
Myanmar's junta dropped death sentences against nine men accused of high treason, including a journalist and three men charged over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- APRIL 12, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
High treason and premeditated murder are capital crimes.
High treason and premeditated murder are capital crimes.
- MARCH 30, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said
- MARCH 29, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason...
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason and sentenced to death for having contacts with the UN's International Labor Organization, according to the ILO
- MARCH 19, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions...
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) strongly condemned the Burmese authorities for the 28 November 2003 sentencing to death of 9 Burmese workers on charges of high treason
- MARCH 9, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), a Thailand-based...
The Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), a Thailand-based Burmese legal advocacy group, issued an urgent appeal to the international community on behalf of nine people who were sentenced to death by a Rangoon court in November 2003
- JANUARY 8, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar...
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar following the nine death sentences issued by the Myanmar authorities on November 28, 2003, the outgoing (Italian) Presidency published a declaration recalling that the Union considered the death pena
- DECEMBER 4, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Media watchdogs condemned the death sentences for a...
Media watchdogs condemned the death sentences for a Myanmar magazine editor and eight others accused of plotting to overthrow the military government
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Myanmar court has sentenced nine people to death...
A Myanmar court has sentenced nine people to death for high treason, including the editor of a sports magazine, legal community sources said
- AUGUST 15, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...
Myanmar's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences handed to four relatives of former dictator Ne Win for plotting to overthrow the ruling junta