Filmmaker Toru Kubota, 26, was detained near an anti-government rally along with two Myanmar citizens in Yangon on Saturday.
Resistance groups and ethnic armed organizations unite to condemn the hangings and insist on justice for those responsible.
In his state of the union address, Duwa Lashi La requested technical support, arms and finance for those risking their lives fighting the fascist regime.
With urban resistance groups launching attacks in retaliation for the junta’s hanging of the four activists, Yangon is now one of the world’s most dangerous cities.
With his lawyers unavailable to attend his trial, the 27-year-old leader has defended himself against junta charges.
PDF fighters based at the camp in Myinmu Township escaped the regime raid but hundreds of villagers were forced to flee.
The demonstration in Yangon was joined by pro-regime mobs, members of the junta-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, and Buddhist nationalists including monks.
Berlin condemned the recent executions of four activists and called on Myanmar to reinstate a moratorium on use of the death penalty "and end violence and repression".
The Salingyi Township villagers had only recently returned to their homes before Thursday’s raid.
The homes of the executed men and their families have been stoned by pro-junta mobs; relatives have been detained and told not to hold funerals by local officials.
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