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. Representatives of the ILO met with the three men and "consider that they have been condemned on unsound grounds and thus should be released," said a statement from the UN organization. "Under no circumstances should anyone be prosecuted for contacts with the ILO," it said, demanding "the matter be settled by the government of Myanmar rapidly." The three were among nine people found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death on 28 November 2004 it said. A document, posted on the ILO Web site, identified them as Min Kyi, Aye Myint and Shwe Mahn. ILO officials met with Min Kyi and Aye Myint at Yangon's Insein prison on March 19 with "full cooperation" of prison authorities. The two men described being interrogated by military intelligence officials for several days, beaten, deprived of food, water and sleep, the document said.