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The judiciary of Myanmar's military junta is expanding the case against the Nobel Peace Prize winner. You face up to 160 years in prison. In Myanmar, the judiciary has brought five further charges of alleged corruption against Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a military coup. This was reported by several media, citing sources familiar with the court case. Overall, the 76-year-old is now confronted with eleven charges. Ten of these involve violations of an anti-corruption law. According to the information, she faces up to 160 years in prison. At the beginning of the week, the Nobel Peace Prize winner was sentenced to four years in prison for importing a radio and violating corona regulations. She had previously been found guilty of two other charges at the beginning of December and initially also sentenced to four years in prison.  An "unidentified projectile A few hours later, however, the military junta announced that the sentence would be reduced to two yea...

A court has sentenced the disempowered Prime Minister of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four more years in prison. Among other things, it is about the possession of radios. Myanmar's disempowered Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison by a court. The 76-year-old was found guilty in two cases of illegal import and possession of walkie-talkies and in one case of violating corona regulations, according to a judicial officer. In connection with the radio equipment, she is said to have disregarded telecommunications and import-export laws. The special court in the capital Naypyidaw had postponed the verdicts against the Nobel Peace Prize laureate several times. It is unclear whether Suu Kyi will have to serve a prison sentence or remain under house arrest. The process took place in camera. Ukraine Conflict: Helpless Between The Powers At the beginning of December, she had already been sentenced to four years in prison for inciting rioting against the ...

In the east of the country, the military is said to have killed and burned members of the Karenni minority. Two Save the Children employees have been missing since then. The remains of more than 30 people have been found in eastern Myanmar , according to reports from human rights groups. The people, including the elderly, women and children, are said to have been killed and then burned. According to the human rights group Karenni Human Rights, the victims are civilians who tried to flee their villages in Kayah state because of fighting. The Karenni are an ethnic group in the multi-ethnic state of Myanmar. The NGO said it found the bodies near the village of Mo So in the Hpruso municipality. A representative of the People's Defense Forces rebel group (PDF), which is fighting the military junta, also said that their fighters had found the vehicles with the bodies in the municipality of Hpruso in the eastern state of Kayah.   Taliban Dissolve Electoral Commission & Turk...

Travel bans and asset freezes are said to put pressure on the military junta in Myanmar. Opponents of the regime called for a strike in the country. Great Britain , together with the USA and Canada, has launched new sanctions against  the military leadership in Myanmar . The government imposed travel bans on leading representatives of the military regime and arranged for the assets of the persons concerned to be frozen, according to the British Foreign Office. It is responding to the most serious human rights violations, including the persecution and killing of civilians for their religious beliefs, it said. The former Burma has been falling into chaos and violence since a coup on February 1st. The generals had disempowered the de facto head of government Aung San Suu Kyi and charged with several alleged offenses. This week, the politician was sentenced to several years in prison. Any resistance to the regime is suppressed. There are hardly any mass d...

Eleven people are said to have been killed by soldiers in northwest Myanmar. The United Nations called the reports credible - among the dead were children. In Myanmar , government troops are said to have raided a village in the north-west of the country and burned 11 people alive. United Nations spokesman Stéphane Dujarric expressed deep concern about the reports and condemned the violence. "Credible reports suggest that five children were among those killed," said the UN spokesman. Dujarric reminded the Myanmar military authorities of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and protection of civilians and called for those responsible for "this heinous act" to be held accountable. Eyewitnesses reported the attack. Film footage showed the cremated bodies of eleven people lying in a circle amid the remains of a hut in the village of Done Taw in the Sagaing region. According to reports, the soldiers attacked the village on Tuesday, rounded up the...

The journalist Danny Fenster was actually sentenced to eleven years in prison. But US diplomats negotiated his release with Myanmar's military junta. The US journalist Danny Fenster, who has been detained in Myanmar for five and a half months , has been released unexpectedly. He was released from custody after a "private humanitarian visit" by former US diplomat Bill Richardson in the crisis country and personal negotiations with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, it said in a statement. Fenster had only been sentenced to eleven years in prison a few days ago. "This is the day you hope will come if you do this job," said Richardson, who has brokered hostage-taking in the past. Fenster, a senior editor of the English-language magazine Frontier Myanmar, was arrested at Yangon airport in late May just before the flight to the United States. Since then he has been in Insein Prison, from which there have been repeated reports of torture. His actual conviction was on three...

He attributes different crimes to Danny Fenster, including violating a law that punishes anyone who tries to delegitimize the military junta. A court in Burma (Myanmar) sentenced American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison on Friday for various crimes, including violating a law that punishes anyone who tries to delegitimize the military junta. According to the Frontier news portal, for which Fenster worked, the journalist has been sentenced to three years for violating said law, another three for illegal association and five years for breaking immigration law. In addition to these charges, Fenster, who was arrested in May while trying to leave the country, was charged this week with sedition and terrorism, which could extend his sentence if found guilty. Frontier said the charges are based on the accusation that he was working for the Myanmar Now newspaper, outlawed by the military junta after the February 1 coup, but the journalist had left the outlet in July 2020 to join ...

Since the rebels took over the capital, the president has ruled from the southern port city of Aden. There has now been a serious explosion at the airport. At least twelve people were killed and numerous others injured in an alleged bomb attack in Yemen , a country with civil war . The news agencies dpa and AFP report with reference to emergency services and a high-ranking representative of the security forces. There is no official information on the number of injuries. According to initial information, a truck exploded at the entrance to the city's airport. Aden is the second largest city in Yemen. It is located in the southwest of the country and currently serves as the provisional seat of government since the Houthi rebels took the north, including the capital Sanaa. Almost three weeks ago , six people were killed in a bomb attack on the car convoy of Aden Governor Ahmed Lamlas. The governor survived the attack. Since 2015 there has been a war in Yemen between the troops of Pres...

The rulers in Myanmar are responding to growing international pressure. They release more than 5,600 government opponents - including an employee of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military government in Myanmar has ordered the release of more than 5,600 political prisoners in the face of mounting international pressure. Among them was the party spokesman for the previous de facto head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi . "They came to me today and said they would take me home, that's all," he said after spending more than eight months in the notorious Insein Prison. Other political prisoners, including parliamentarians and journalists, have been released in other cities such as Mandalay, Lashio, Meiktila and Myeik. Photos and videos on social media showed inmates hugging crying family members. "Two of my friends were released last night," said Lin Lin, a Myanmar citizen . "I've been waiting outside Insein Prison since the evening and I'm so glad to see them bot...

The lawyer for Myanmar's disempowered Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer allowed to communicate with other countries and the media. The military junta has banned that. The military junta in Myanmar has banned the chief attorney of the disempowered Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi from speaking and banned him from communicating with the media, diplomats, international organizations and foreign governments. This emerges from an order that the lawyer posted on his Facebook page. Read also:  China And Taiwan | "Peaceful Reunification" Sultry Appeals, Aggressive Tone "Khin Maung Zaw's communications could upset and hurt anyone who behaves according to the law, which would also lead to unrest and destabilize public peace," it said. Khin Maung Zaw was the mouthpiece of Suu Kyi and had regularly informed the public about the progress of the various legal proceedings against the 76-year-old and about her state of health. Read more:  Nuclear Deal | The USA An...