The European Union denounced on Wednesday April 27 the “
politically motivated
” trial brought against Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese junta to exclude her from political life, after a new conviction.
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The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who had already been sentenced to six years in prison in recent months, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison under the anti-corruption law.
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The trial was politically motivated.
It represents another step towards the dismantling of the rule of law, another gross violation of human rights in Burma, and yet another major setback for democracy in the country since the February 1 military coup. 2021
, ”said the spokesperson for the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
France also condemned with "
the greatest firmness
" the new prison sentence imposed on the former Burmese leader, "
after arbitrary legal proceedings
".
"
This decision constitutes a new attempt by the military junta to undermine the legitimacy of democratically elected officials, in total contradiction with the will expressed by the Burmese people
," said the spokesperson for French diplomacy.
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"
France recalls that a resolution of the crisis can only pass through a political dialogue involving all the stakeholders, in the first place the democratic opposition forces
", underlined the Quai d'Orsay.
Paris "
reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners arbitrarily detained and for an end to the violence perpetrated by the Burmese security forces
", added the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Aimed for a multitude of offenses
“
These procedures are a clear attempt to exclude democratically elected leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi and (her party) the National League for Democracy, from the inclusive dialogue process
” foreseen by “
a five-point consensus
” adopted under aegis of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), lamented Nabila Massrali.
"
We reiterate our urgent call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners as well as all those arbitrarily detained since the coup
," she insisted.
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Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the February 1, 2021 military coup that ended a decade of democratic transition in Burma.
She is targeted for a multitude of offenses (violation of a law on state secrets dating from the colonial era, electoral fraud, sedition, corruption, etc.) and risks decades in prison in total.
She is serving the beginning of her sentence under house arrest, in the place where she has been held incommunicado for more than a year and where she must remain for the duration of her trial.
Many international observers have denounced this procedure, which they believe is solely motivated by political considerations: definitively excluding Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the Burmese independence hero and big winner of the 2015 and 2020 elections, from the political arena. .
