People protest against Koh Tao death sentences

06 March 2017
People protest against Koh Tao death sentences
Buddhist monks and protesters hold posters, Myanmar national flags and Buddhist flags as they take part in a rally against the upholding death sentences to two migrant workers by Thailand Appeals Court, in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 March 2017. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA

A group of people including Buddhist monks took to the street in downtown Yangon on Saturday protesting against the recent decision by a Thai court that upheld death sentences for two Myanmar nationals, state media reported on 5 March.
Holding placards and banners, the protestors gathered in downtown Yangon and demanded the Thai government release the two Myanmar nationals.
A Thai appeals court upheld the death sentences for two Myanmar migrant workers convicted of the murder of two British backpackers on a vacation island in 2014.