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‧人權新知   ‧世界人權宣言   ‧高雄國際人權宣言   ‧人權影音資料館藏   ‧人權圖書資料館藏   Burma to review Aung San Suu Kyi sentence The Supreme Court in Burma has agreed to a request from the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to hear an appeal against her latest detention. Miss Suu Kyi was found guilty in August of violating the terms of her house arrest because a US man swam uninvited to her lakeside home in Rangoon. She was originally sentenced to three years in prison, which was later commuted to 18 months' house arrest. She has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest. Aung San Suu Kyi was not in court to hear the case made on her behalf, nor were any journalists or other independent observers. But her lawyers told reporters that their request for an appeal hearing had been granted, although no date has yet been set. In theory the case rests on a legal technicality. The defense argues that the original conviction was unsound because it was based on provisions laid out in the 1974 constitution which is now defunct. The prosecution says the laws still stand regardless of the changes to the constitution. Window-dressing? The decision to hear Miss Suu Kyi's appeal comes amid signs that the military government may be altering its approach in dealing with her in the run up to planned elections next year. But diplomatic sources contacted by the BBC have cautioned against over-optimism, describing the Supreme Court decision as window-dressing, designed to give the impression of due legal process. Aung San Suu Kyi has lodged several appeals over the years, yet still she remains in detention and the chances of that changing before the elections seem remote. (2009/12/23 - BBC NEWS)     2009 2010 2011 2012   12/23:Burma to review Aung San Suu Kyi sentence 12/25:UN chief voices hope that Israel will allow more items to enter Gaza 12/25:The Forgotten Palestinian Refugees  12/26:Lorraine M. Sheehan, 72; fought for rights of disabled  12/26:Human Rights Campaigner Detained in Guinea  12/27:Egypt's Coptic Christians battle for ID cards  12/27:Fear and loathing as Uzbek poll looms  12/29:Argentine gay couple becomes first in region to marry  12/29:Group Worries About Rights of Children as Kenya Plans In-Home Tests for H.I.V.  12/30:Obama's Iran Dilemma: Human Rights or Nuclear Negotiations?
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