21 Dec 2009 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
Burma’s highest court has provisionally agreed to review the most recent extension of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest. Suu Kyi’s lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court last month after a lower court upheld a decision to sentence her to 18 more months of house arrest. The legal team argued that her house arrest extension was unlawful. Suu Kyi’s current sentence ensures she cannot participate in Burma”s first elections in two decades that are scheduled for next year. Read more here
13 Aug 2009 | Index Index, minipost
The European Union has announced it is extending its sanctions on Burma to cover members of the judiciary responsible for the verdict in the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more here
12 Aug 2009 | Index Index, minipost
Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers have told the BBC’s Burmese Service they plan to appeal after she was found guilty on Tuesday of breaking the terms of her house arrest that condemnation from nations including the UK, France and the US. A key group of Burma’s South East Asian neighbours has issued a rare statement condemning the conviction. In the past the Asean group has been criticised for not taking a tougher stance on Burma’s human rights record. Read more here
11 Aug 2009 | Comment, News and features
Aung San Suu Kyi could be the Burmese regime’s greatest ally. The sentence today signals a missed opportunity as well as a travesty of justice, says Maung Zarni (more…)
