• Asia Forgotten Burma continues to be submerged in the darkness of military dictatorship

A military court in Burma (Myanmar) sentenced the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison this Friday after finding her

guilty of five charges of corruption

, in the last of the cases filed against her, sources close to the process reported.

With this new sentence, Suu Kyi, 77 years old and detained in a prison in Naypyidaw,

accumulates a total sentence of 33 years

as a result of a marathon of trials for almost twenty crimes charged after the coup d'état on February 1 of 2021.

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Burmese civil leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to three more years in prison

  • Writing: AFPRangoon

Burmese civil leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to three more years in prison

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Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to another six years in prison and the EU demands her "immediate and unconditional" release

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Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to another six years in prison and the EU demands her "immediate and unconditional" release

This was the last process, decided by a special court located in the correctional facility, scheduled against the Nobel Peace Prize, who on this occasion was being tried for abuse of her position for the rental of land and for the purchase and rental of helicopters. among other crimes related to corruption.

The elected leader, arrested during the first hours of the uprising, has already been found guilty of a string of crimes such as violating the laws against the pandemic, the illegal importation of "walkie talkies", the violation of the Official Secrets law and the electoral fraud, among others.

The first sentence against the political deposed,

seen by the Burmese people as a heroine in the fight for democracy

and who has already spent years under house arrest under previous military dictatorships, was announced on December 6 last year.

Suu Kyi's lawyers, who have been barred from speaking to the media by the military junta, have

dismissed all the charges

against her as a fabrication.

The sentence comes after the UN Security Council last week demanded the release of all political prisoners detained since the uprising, including Suu Kyi.

The text of the highest decision-making body of the United Nations, which has been the subject of negotiations for months and went ahead with twelve votes in favor and three abstentions - from China, Russia and India - also called for an immediate end to violence in Burma.

The military coup of February 1, 2021 has plunged

Burma into a deep political, social and economic crisis

and has opened a spiral of violence with new civilian militias that have exacerbated the guerrilla war that the country has been experiencing for decades.

At least 2,682 people have died in the brutal crackdown by security forces, who have shot to kill peaceful and unarmed protesters, and more than 13,100 remain in detention, according to data from the Burmese NGO Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners. (AAPP).

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