Aung San Suu Kyi found guilty

August 11th, 2009

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty and sentenced to an additional 18 months house arrest by a court in Rangoon. Suu Kyi was convicted of violating state security laws by allowing a US national into her lakeside home after. She was jailed for three years with hard labour, but this was commuted to house arrest, an official said. American John Yettaw was jailed for seven years, four with hard labour. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has described the trial as a sham. Read more here (http://news NULL.bbc NULL.co NULL.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8194596 NULL.stm)

Burma’s media blackout

May 18th, 2009

The Burmese authorities are keeping tight control on coverage of Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, reports Nem Davies
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Burma’s Suu Kyi ‘to face trial’ over writer trespasser

May 14th, 2009

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to face trial on 18 May for breaching the conditions of her detention under house arrest. The charges come after American writer John Yettaw (http://www NULL.guardian NULL.co NULL.uk/world/2009/may/14/suu-kyi-lake-arrest-yettaw)swam across Inya lake to her house uninvited and stayed there secretly for two days. Read more here (http://news NULL.bbc NULL.co NULL.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8049187 NULL.stm)