the military junta condemned Suu Kyi and international condemnation grows

the military junta condemned Suu Kyi and international condemnation grows

The 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has been in detention since the military deposed her government on February 1, ending a brief period of democracy in Burma.

Since then, the board has established a series of accusations against her, including violation of the official secrets law, corruption and electoral fraud.

Several experts denounce that this is a political process to neutralize the leader who was the winner of the elections in 2015 and 2020.

On Monday Suu Kyi “was sentenced to two years in prison under section 505 (b) and two years in prison under the natural disaster law,” Zaw Min Tun, a spokesman for the country’s military junta, told AFP.

Former President Win Myint was also sentenced to four years on the same charges, the spokesman said, clarifying that they will not yet be taken to prison.

“They will face other charges in the places where they remain now,” in the capital Naipyidó, he added without giving further details.

The incitement charges are related to statements by his party, the National League for Democracy (LND), condemning the coup shortly after the military took power.

The accusations related to the pandemic concern last year’s elections, in which Suu Kyi’s party swept, but the details are not clear, as the government imposes a gag order on the judicial processes.

Journalists do not have access to the special court in the Burmese capital and Suu Kyi’s lawyers are prohibited from speaking to the press.

In recent weeks, other members of the NLD have been sentenced to harsh prison terms.

A former minister was sentenced this month to 75 years in prison and a close friend of Suu Kyi will have to spend 20 years in jail.

“The conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi is another heinous attempt by the Burmese military regime to suppress the opposition and suppress freedom and democracy,” UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss said in a statement.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, denounced that she was convicted “in a rigged trial with a secret procedure before a court controlled by the military” for political reasons.

The sentence in addition to depriving Suu Kyi of freedom “closes a door to political dialogue,” he added.

The sentence was condemned by the organization Amnesty International, which denounced an attempt by the junta to “suffocate freedoms” with imprisonment.

More than 1,300 people have died and more than 10,000 have been arrested in the crackdown on dissidents since the coup, according to a local monitoring group.

The military who have ruled Burma for decades defended the coup by asserting themselves in allegations of fraud in last year’s elections.

International pressure for the military junta to restore democracy does not appear to affect the generals and the violent crackdown on protests continues to plague the country.

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