Aung San Suu Kyi loses court battle

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Aung San Suu Kyi loses court battle
(AP) – 3 hours ago

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi suffered her latest courtroom loss Thursday but supporters and close aides remained optimistic that she will soon be granted freedom from house arrest.

The 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is due to complete her sentence on Saturday. The ruling junta has not confirmed that she will be set free but government officials have quietly said they are making "necessary security preparations" for this weekend.
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Suu Kyi has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years but was never convicted of any crime until August 2009. She was sentenced to 18 months of additional house arrest for violating an earlier period of house arrest by briefly sheltering an uninvited American who swam to her home.
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The court posted its decision Thursday on a public notice board, saying only that the appeal was turned down and giving no explanation, lawyer Nyan Win said.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i12yzZWphW9FbTQjl7F2I6N6sTeg?docId=975fd03d2482400782cbda974052a6c1


As was previously reported, Suu Kyi's lawyer says she will only accept release if it is unconditional:

10 November 2010 Last updated at 05:53 ET

Burma's Suu Kyi 'refuses release with conditions'

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not accept conditions on her freedom if the ruling generals release her on Saturday when her house arrest term expires, her lawyer says.

" will not accept a limited release," Nyan Win said.

The junta has not said if the 65-year-old - who has spent much of the past 21 years in detention - will be released.

It comes as the main military-backed political party says it has won the country's first election in 20 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11724720

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) Party boycotted elections, but some members splintered off to form a new party and run candidates for election. This and other articles speculate that Burma's ruling generals may release Suu Kyi only in order to promote further divisions in the country's democracy movement.

(Edited to add second article, link and comments.)

[Loudmxr]

1. She knows the game. They will release her under under conditions and the one they forgot to mention.

Oh that one!!! You should have asked about that one. We would have told you should you have asked. But since you didn't.... you get prison now.

[pinboy3niner]

2. They can invent any pretext they want to re-arrest her...

...IF they release her.