Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gets 4 years in trial seen as political | MyWabashValley.com
The former civilian leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to 4 years on Monday. A Nobel Prize laureate, she had previously been placed under house arrest for 15 years for speaking against the military government. As such, this is seen as yet another attempt by the state to further roll back democratic rights for civilians. Myanmar's army, which seized power after claiming election fraud in 2020 despite claims on the contrary, has had a history of human rights abuses. Their actions against the Muslim Rohingya minority in 2017 drew the ire of the UN and especially the US, who claimed Myanmar was engaging in genocide. The government denies both these claims, and states that their takeover was completely in line with the 2008 constitution which allows them to take power in case of an emergency. Since then, however over a thousand have been killed by soldiers in peaceful civilian protests over the matters.
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