The Burmese junta tightens its grip against Aung San Suu Kyi. A military court sentenced the former leader to six years in prison on Monday August 15 for corruption. This sentence is in addition to eleven years in prison pronounced during a river trial, which had been denounced as political by the international community.
” An affront to justice and the rule of law “It is in these terms that reacted a spokesperson for the American State Department, who called for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The 77-year-old Burmese opponent was arrested a year and a half ago and then detained in a prison in Naypyidaw at the end of June. Since then, in closed trials, deemed political by those close to her, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison.
I condemn the unjust sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional six years of detention, and call on the regime in #Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally release her, as well as all political prisoners, and respect the will of the people.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) August 15, 2022
Aung San Suu Kyi is targeted by a multitude of offenses: violation of a law on state secrets dating from the colonial era, electoral fraud, sedition, corruption. She faces decades in prison.
Many voices denounce judicial harassment motivated by political considerations, with the aim of permanently removing from public and political life the daughter of the hero of independence and big winner of the 2015 and 2020 elections.
►To re-read: In Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi placed in solitary confinement in a prison in the capital