Wednesday, April 17, 2024 – Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government said.
Suu Kyi, 78, has been detained by the Myanmar military since
it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup.
Confirming her house arrest, Junta spokesperson, Major
General Zaw Min Tun said: 'Since the weather is extremely hot, it is not only
for Aung San Suu Kyi ... for all those, who need necessary precautions,
especially elderly prisoners, we are working to protect them from heatstroke.'
Suu Kyi has been serving a 27-year prison term on a variety
of criminal convictions, from treason and bribery to violations of the
telecommunications law, which her supporters and rights groups say were
fabricated for political reasons.
A nationwide conflict in Myanmar began after the army in
2021 ousted the elected government, imprisoned Suu Kyi, and began suppressing
nonviolent protests seeking a return to democratic rule.
In February, her son Kim Aris said she was being held in
solitary confinement and that she was in good spirits 'even if her health is
not as good as it was in the past'.
Aris has previously said how he wanted his mother to be
returned to her home in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon.
Last fall, he called the decision by the military leaders to
keep his mother in prison while she is suffering from poor health 'heinous' in
an interview with The Independent.
'To hold someone illegally in prison, a move condemned by
the outside world is compounded into further and heinous wrong when basic human
rights are abrogated,' he said.
World leaders and pro-democracy activists have repeatedly
called for her release.
Her legal team is continuing to appeal to prove her
innocence in the cases, as well as working on appeals for 14 others she faces.
A spokesperson for the NUG shadow government called for the
unconditional release of Suu Kyi and U Win Myint, Myanmar's ousted president,
who has also been moved to house arrest according to media reports.
'Moving them from prisons to houses is good, as houses are
better than prisons. However, they must be unconditionally freed. They must
take full responsibility for the health and security of Aung San Suu Kyi and U
Win Myint,' spokesperson Kyaw Zaw said late on Tuesday.
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