That was confirmed on Wednesday by people familiar with the German news agency’s trial. In total, the 77-year-old was sentenced to 26 years in prison for various alleged offenses, including inciting riots.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been in solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Naypyidaw since June after being placed under house arrest following the military coup of February 2021. The trials are closed to the public and Suu Kyi’s lawyers are not allowed to speak to media representatives. Observers speak of show trials.
The generals justified their overthrow with alleged fraud in the November 2020 elections, which Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party clearly won. They have provided no proof. Since then, the former Burma has sunk into chaos and violence. More than 2,300 people have been killed and more than 15,800 arrested since the coup, according to the prisoner relief organization AAPP.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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