Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to three more years in prison

Myanmar‘s former deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to three more years in prison by a military-run court.

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied all the accusations including those of election fraud. Rights groups have condemned the “politically-motivated” trials that are seen as “sham trials” all over the World.

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The military-run court found Suu Kyi guilty of election fraud in the November 2020 general election that her Party, the National League for Democracy, won monumentally.

The deposed leader has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison collectively. She still faces 11 more charges which could stretch her sentence to around 200 years.

Suu Kyi remains under house arrest as she faces the charges leveled against her. The most recent three years sentencing includes hard labor. The “politically-motivated” court hearings have been criticized as they are conducted in-camera behind closed doors with no public or media personnel allowed inside.

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The Myanmar military conducted a coup after accusing Suu Kyi’s Party of rigging the elections. The country’s Election Commission deemed the elections fair.

The military is defending the trials against Suu Kyi and others nabbed during the coup as “normal legal process.”

Over 12,000 people are imprisoned since the February 2021 coup. Most being pro-Democracy demonstrators and activists, including journalists.