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Suu Kyi Launches Detention Appeal


World  (tags: Burma, Dicktatorship )

Ben
- 85 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Aung San Suu Kyi has launched an appeal against the extension of her house arrest. "Altogether there are 11 reasons for the appeal, but the main thing we will point out is about the constitution," her chief lawyer Kyi Win said.
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mary f. (74)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 5:10 am
thanks for posting ben i hope she wins but i can't see these guys letting her go
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (251)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 6:03 am
Gosh I sure hope for a miracle for this lady.. how awful to be in one of these prisons.. their justise system stinks
 

Ben Oscarsito (310)
Friday September 4, 2009, 2:33 am
"Court Accepts Suu Kyi’s Appeal" (Irrawaddy)
The Rangoon Division court has agreed to hear an appeal against an August 11 judgment that found Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest, according to her lawyer.
“The court accepted our appeal and told us to meet for a hearing on September 18,” Nyan Win, a lawyer for Suu Kyi, told The Irrawaddy on Friday.
According to Nyan Win, the decision was a good sign.
“We have more hope than we did before. She must be released unconditionally because she didn’t break any law,” he said.
The appeal was submitted to the Rangoon Division Court on Thursday. Suu Kyi’s lawyers hope to overturn her conviction on charges of allowing an American intruder to stay in her home for two days.
Nyan Win said the appeal was based on 11 submissions, but he declined to elaborate.

Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest on August 11 after being found guilty of breaking the terms of her detention by sheltering the American intruder, John Yettaw.
Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 14 of the past 20 years.
Meanwhile, she has asked the junta to allow visits by her doctor and to approve a plan to renovate her home and improve its security. Nyan Win said no reply has yet been received to her request.
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Mandi T. (263)
Friday September 4, 2009, 6:32 pm
I hope she wins.
Tx Ben
 

Dee C. (508)
Thursday September 10, 2009, 7:09 pm
Human decency..kindness..compassion..these things the Junta does not know..but.. I pray for a miracle for Suu Kyi..and that she wins this appeal..

Thank you Ben..
Noted with hope..
 
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