The Government of the United States of America considers “an affront to justice and the rule of law” the sentence, this Monday, of the former leader of the Burmese civil government, Aung San Suu Kyi, to a new prison sentence.

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to six more years in prison

A State Department spokesman denounced “the unjust imprisonment and conviction” of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, removed from power by the 2021 military coup, and called for the “immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all those who They were wrongfully detained.” that is, the democratically elected representatives”.

The EU considers Suu Kyi’s sentence “unfair” and calls for her immediate release

The head of diplomacy of the European Union described this Monday as unjust the sentence of the former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a new prison sentence, appealing to the military regime to “release her immediately”.

I condemn the unjust sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi and another six years in prison, and I call on the Burmese regime to release her immediately and unconditionally, as well as all political prisoners, and respect the will of the people, Josep Borrell said in a message on the social network Twitter.

The former leader of Myanmar (former Burma) was sentenced on Monday to another six years in prison, in addition to the 11 years in prison to which she was already subject.

Suu Kyi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and de facto leader of the government ousted in February 2021 by the armed forces, was convicted on four counts of corruption related to the activity of a non-governmental organization.

Authorities accuse her of causing the state losses of more than 24.2 billion kyats (11.3 million euros) by ceding public land cheaply to the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, named after Suu Kyi’s mother.