Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi hearing postponed, the day after a deadly Sunday
The portrait of former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is often brandished by anti-coup protesters, as here in Yangon on February 17, 2021. AFP - SAI AUNG MAIN
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Pro-democracy protests continue on Monday, the day after the deadliest day of repression since the February 1 military coup.
At least 44 protesters were killed by security forces.
Former head of government Aung San Suu Kyi was scheduled to appear by video conference, but the hearing was postponed due to lack of internet connection.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner
Aung San Suu Kyi
is facing at least four counts, including importing walkie-talkies illegally, violating coronavirus restrictions and inciting public unrest.
The army also accuses him of corruption.
Due to a lack of internet connection, Aung San Suu Kyi's hearing was postponed to March 24.
His lawyer complained that he could not visit his client, who is still kept in secrecy.
It is to demand his release and the restoration of democracy that the Burmese continue to take to the streets on Monday, in Rangoon, but also in other cities like Mandalay for example, where engineers marched against the junta.
The army declared martial law
in six townships in the outskirts of Yangon.
Anyone arrested in these areas will be tried by a military tribunal.
Sentences can range from three years in prison to the death sentence.
Five protesters killed
The increasingly bloody repression of the regime is strongly condemned by several Western countries and the UN.
The international organization reports possible crimes against humanity committed by the army.
But so far, this concert of protest does not seem to have any effect on the military junta.
Five protesters were killed on Monday the day after one of the deadliest days since the military coup on February 1, Sunday, in which at least 44 people died.
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