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Myanmar’s Supreme Court has decided to hold hearings this month to consider appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in the cases that sentenced her to 33 years in prison, legal officials said on Saturday. The cases against it are mostly brought by the military, which seized power from its elected government in February 2021.
Suu Kyi, 78, was arrested after the military takeover and tried on a variety of charges that her supporters and human rights groups say were concocted to legitimize her rape and discredit her so she could not resume an active role in politics. She has not been seen or allowed to speak publicly since her arrest and her lawyers have been barred from speaking to the press about her cases since late 2021. The Supreme Court plans to hear Suu Kyi’s appeals on July 5 in two cases in which she was found guilty of election fraud and breaking a law, two legal officials familiar with the cases against her said. The official secrets of the country. She was sentenced to three years in prison for each case in September last year.
Suu Kyi, 78, was arrested after the military takeover and tried on a variety of charges that her supporters and human rights groups say were concocted to legitimize her rape and discredit her so she could not resume an active role in politics. She has not been seen or allowed to speak publicly since her arrest and her lawyers have been barred from speaking to the press about her cases since late 2021. The Supreme Court plans to hear Suu Kyi’s appeals on July 5 in two cases in which she was found guilty of election fraud and breaking a law, two legal officials familiar with the cases against her said. The official secrets of the country. She was sentenced to three years in prison for each case in September last year.
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