‘Fight for Myanmar’: Angry protest at Bangkok embassy after junta executes activists

Hundreds gathered outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok this afternoon to condemn the execution of four high-profile activists by its ruling junta.

A day after the junta said it had executed four pro-democracy activists including a longtime advocate for change and a hip-hop artist-turned-politician, the protesters, mostly from Myanmar, crowded around the embassy compound on lower Sathorn Road and called for the international community to respond.

Zai, 30, said he fled Myanmar three months ago, leaving his family in Yangon. His sister is in jail.

“Of course we want other countries to interfere and take action, but what I want more than that is people to be united and show the power of democracy to the world,” he said. “People should know about civil rights and democracy and speak out.”

Undaunted by rain, protesters chanted “Fight for Myanmar,” and…