A court Burma condemns this Friday Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s former ‘de facto’ leader He was sentenced to three more years in prison for election fraud, a decision that adds to the other convictions against him after his arrest during the February 2021 military coup.
The former Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1991 has been imprisoned at his home in the capital, Naypyidaw, since June. It adds up to eleven charges, which already amounts to twenty years in prison.n. He denies accusations and lawsuits behind closed doors and without the possibility of his lawyers contacting the media.He has been questioned by human rights groups for his political motivations.
Suu Kyi, Sentenced to six years in prison in recent months for incitement, circumventing restrictions against the pandemic and violating telecommunications law, he still faces charges of violating the Official Secrets Act, election fraud and corruption.
hit Processed by the military to cancel the results of the November 2020 general election.An allegation that Suu Kyi won a parliamentary majority by arguing that the National League for Democracy (NLD) was fraudulent, a claim denied by international observers.
Despite this, lawmakers NLD then took office in an unofficial ceremony and re-elected Suu Kyi for the second term. Like Suu Kyi, the country’s president, Win Myint, is also in custody.
The coup followed A fierce campaign of repression against dissidents, activists and protesters that has resulted in more than 2,260 deaths to date According to the data published by the Political Prisoners Aid Association (AAPP) on its Twitter account, there are approximately 15,350 detainees.