Aung San Suu Kyi

2022 - 6 - 19

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Myanmar's democracy icon Suu Kyi spends her 77th birthday in ... (Mizzima News)

People around Myanmar will be taking time out to mark 19 June 2022, the 77th birthday of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Only on the days of her trials, the lawyer is allowed to talk with her for about half an hour, according to sources close to the court. In some years, she held her birthday celebration at the parliament in Nay Pyi Taw. Presently, she is sentenced to 11 years in prison for six charges and facing trials for the remaining 13 charges.

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Aung San Suu Kyi turns 77 with no end of detention (Canberra Weekly)

Hundreds of people have marched through Myanmar's streets to urge the release of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has turned 77.

Given the crimes she is accused of, her condition appears unlikely to alter. She was sentenced to four years in prison in December, but the sentence was reduced to two years after the military junta granted her a pardon for violating COVID-19 rules and encouraging rebellion against the military. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison for charges she has rejected.

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Suu Kyi turns 77, with no end in sight to her incarceration - La ... (La Prensa Latina)

Suu Kyi has been incarcerated since the military coup on Feb.1, last year. Given the crimes she is accused of, her condition appears unlikely to alter. She was ...

Given the crimes she is accused of, her condition appears unlikely to alter. Suu Kyi is also accused of abusing her position to illegally purchase land for a foundation she formed in her mother’s memory, as well as allegedly building a house with monies from the organization. She was sentenced to four years in prison in December, but the sentence was reduced to two years after the military junta granted her a pardon for violating Covid-19 rules and encouraging rebellion against the military.

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