On the evening of December 6Myanmar and Thai students organized a campaign in Chiang Mai, Thailand toprotest the Military Council’s death sentence imposed on sevenstudents from Dagon University.

The campaign was held near theThree Kings Monument in Chiang Mai around 4:30 PM. Those who joinedthe campaign participated in the demonstration against the death sentence.

 One of the student organizerssaid, “We fervently protest against the death sentence imposed on the students.This campaign is not only for the seven students who were sentenced to death,but alsofor all the people of Myanmar”.

The university students sentencedto death by the Military Council are Ko Thura Maung Maung,

Ko Thiha Htet Zaw, Ko Hein Htet,Ko Khant Zin Win, Ko Zaw Lin Naing, Ko Thet Paing Oo and Ko KhantLin Maung Maung.

The seven students detained inInsein Prison, were sentenced to death after being indicted for murder underArticle 302 of the Criminal Code on November 30.

The Military Council has arrested1,3017 people across the country in more than 18 months since the 2021coup. Among them, 90 were sentenced to death and 42 were sentenced todeath in

absentia (a total of 132prisoners), according to the statement of the Assistance Association for PoliticalPrisoners (AAPP).

Students also gathered andprotested in front of the Myanmar embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal regarding thedeath penalty imposed on Dagon University students.

In addition, the Chiang Mai UniversityStudents Union and Students Council sent an open letter

with 6-point proposals includinginternational pressure to prevent the actual execution of Myanmar students whohave been sentenced to death, to international organizations including the US Embassy.

Demonstrations against the deathsentence were also held in many towns and villages across Myanmar onDecember 6.