She was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of incitement against the military and another two years for violating the norms of the covid-19.
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The deposed former Burmese leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced this Monday to four years in prison in the first sentence for the various trials she faces under the military junta that took power in a coup. last February 1 in Burma (Myanmar).
Sources close to the trial, who cannot be identified for fear of reprisals by the board, specified that Suu Kyi, 76, was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of incitement against the military and another two years for violating the law. covid-19 regulations.
The crime of incitement, according to article 505 (b) of the Penal Code, refers to several communications sent by Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), to oppose the recognition of the military junta shortly after the knock.
The violation of the rules by the pandemic is due to several electoral events held by Suu Kyi before the November 2020 elections.
The former president was sentenced at a hearing in the capital by a court that imposed the same sentence on identical charges on the deposed president, Win Myint, and a two-year prison sentence for the former governor of Naipyidó, Myo Aung, for violation of article 505 (b).
The court did not specify which prison the detainees will be sent to, who during the process have been isolated by the military and have had limited access to their lawyers.
The sentence also implies the political disqualification of the detainees in the hypothetical case that the board holds elections, something that it has promised without setting a date yet.
“False charges”
“The harsh sentences against Aung San Suu Kyi on these bogus charges are the latest example of the Army’s determination to eliminate any opposition and suppress freedoms in Burma,” said Amnesty International Asia Deputy Director of Campaigns Ming Yu Hah.
“The court’s absurd and corrupt decision is part of the devastating pattern of arbitrary punishments that have resulted in more than 1,300 people killed and thousands of detainees since the coup in February,” Ming added.
The activist recalled that there are thousands of detainees without the profile of Suu Kyi who face the “terrible possibility” of years in jail for peacefully exercising their rights to protest and disagreeing with the military junta.
A dozen cases filed after the seizure of power by the uniformed are pending against the Nobel Peace Prize, including accusations of corruption, breaking telecommunications regulations and violating the law of official secrets, all punishable by jail time.
Suu Kyi’s lawyers, who have been prohibited by the military junta from speaking to the media, point out that their client denies all the accusations brought against her.
Isolation of the Burmese junta
The UN Security Council, numerous governments such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan, and the European Union have called for the release of Suu Kyi and others detained by the military junta led by General Min Aung Hlaing.
The military leader has been excluded from the latest summits and meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for not complying with some agreements last April to stop the violence and open a dialogue process.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose country presides over ASEAN in 2022, today stated his intention to travel to Burma to meet with the military, who are increasingly isolated from abroad, except for diplomatic contacts with Russia and China.
The coup d’état plunged Burma into a deep political, social and economic crisis and opened a spiral of violence with new civilian militias that have exacerbated the guerrilla war that the country has been experiencing for decades.
The Army justifies the coup by an alleged massive fraud during the general elections of November 2020, the result of which has been annulled and in which Suu Kyi’s party swept, as it did in 2015, with the endorsement of international observers.
At least 1,303 people have died as a result of the brutal repression by police and soldiers since the coup, who have shot to kill peaceful protesters, according to the daily reports of the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners, which also figures at more than 10,000 opponents arrested, including Suu Kyi. (I)
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