Human rights groups condemn the execution of four people in Myanmar

FILE - Phyo Zeya Thaw, 2015. Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years

FILE - Phyo Zeya Thaw, 2015. Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years Source: AAP / Aung Shine Oo/AP

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The men were sentenced to death in a closed-door trial in January, after being accused of carrying out 'terror acts' by the country's ruling military junta.

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