Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison after a river trial
Aung San Suu Kyi, former Burmese leader, December 11, 2019. © Peter Dejong / AP
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Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced by a junta court to an additional seven years in prison for corruption, in the last part of her river trial which ends on Friday, December 30.
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The famous 77-year-old opponent must spend a total of 33 years behind bars, at the end of the 18-month procedure described as politics by human rights defenders.
A Burmese military court delivered its verdict on Friday, December 30 on the last five corruption charges against Aung San Suu Kyi.
Since the February 1, 2021 coup in Burma, the 77-year-old ex-leader has been a prisoner of the junta, which has accused her of a multitude of offenses.
Corruption, electoral fraud, violation of state secrets and anti-Covid restrictions… The Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1991 has already been sentenced to 26 years in prison, for fourteen different charges.
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