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Myanmar's ousted Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi in December 2019
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In Myanmar, the military junta is continuing its repression against the former head of government Aung San Suu Kyi.
According to consistent reports, a court sentenced the disempowered head of government to four years in prison.
The 76-year-old was found guilty of illegal import and possession of walkie-talkies and one of violating corona regulations in two cases.
Suu Kyi was deposed after a coup last year and was sentenced to prison in December on other charges.
The popular politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate is faced with a number of allegations brought against her by the country's military-controlled judiciary.
The proceedings are considered politically motivated, and Suu Kyi has been under house arrest and a speaking ban since the coup.
In addition to the cases negotiated on Monday, she is also charged with corruption - which can be punished with 15 years in prison - and for violating the law on official secrets.
The judiciary also accuses her of electoral fraud.
Observers assume that Suu Kyi will probably never be free again.
In the first trial at the beginning of December, Suu Kyi had already been sentenced to four years in prison for inciting rioting against the military and alleged violations of corona regulations.
Shortly afterwards, the military junta reduced the prison sentence to two years.
There is hardly any information about the health status of the 76-year-olds or the progress of the processes.
Journalists were banned from attending the court hearings.
Suu Kyi's lawyers are prevented from speaking to the media.
Suu Kyi is being held in a secret location and is almost completely cut off from the outside world.
Regime shocks with atrocities against civilians
Former Burma has been plunging into chaos and violence since a coup in February.
Since then, the military has reacted with extreme brutality to any resistance.
On Christmas Eve, 30 people were killed in an attack by the regime, including two employees of the human rights organization Save the Children.
Since the beginning of the new military rule, more than 1,300 people, including children, have been killed and more than ten thousand arrested.
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