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Myanmar court agrees to hear Suu Kyi appeal

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Lawyers for Myanmar opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that the Divisional Court in Rangoon has agreed to hear an appeal of her recent conviction for violating state security laws. Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional 18 months of house for allowing American John Yettaw to stay in her home after he swam across a lake to get there. Yettaw, who was sentenced to seven years in prison with four years of hard labor, was released last month after negotiations with US Senator Jim Webb (R-VA). The court is scheduled to hear Suu Kyi's appeal, which was filed Thursday, on September 18. Suu Kyi's conviction was condemned by many world leaders. The European Union (EU) issued a statement saying, "he proceedings against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, on charges which were brought twenty years after she was first wrongfully arrested, have been in breach of national and international law. The EU urges the authorities to immediately and unconditionally release her." US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "she should not have been tried and she should not have been convicted. We continue to call for her release from continuing house arrest." Last month, the Council of the European Union announced sanctions against members of the Myanmar judiciary responsible for the verdict. Suu Kyi has spent 14 of the last 20 years in detention.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).