The Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced by a Myanmar court to 4 years in prison
on charges of inciting dissent against the military
and violating anti-Covid measures.
This was announced by a spokesman for the military junta.
Suu Kyi "was sentenced to two years in prison under section 505 (b) and two years in prison under the Natural Disasters Act," said junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun.
In addition to San Suu Kyi,
former president Win Myint
was also sentenced to four years on the same charges
. The junta spokesman specified that the two former leaders will not be transferred to prison for the time being. "They will face further allegations from the places where they are now" in the capital Naypyidaw, he added without providing further details.
76-year-old Suu Kyi
is detained by the generals' coup
last February 1st.
The junta has since accused the Nobel laureate of a slew of alleged crimes, including violation of the law on official secrets, corruption and electoral fraud.
If she were to be definitively convicted, she risks decades in prison.
The entire press has been banned from trials and recently his lawyers have been barred from speaking to reporters.
According to a local monitoring group,
more than 1,300 people were killed and over 10,000 arrested in the crackdown
on dissent following the coup.
With the new sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi, the military in Burma are trying to "stifle freedoms".
Amnesty International
denounced it today
.
"The harsh sentences imposed on Aung San Suu Kyi on the basis of false accusations are the latest example of the military's willingness to eliminate all opposition and stifle freedoms in Burma," the organization said in a statement.