Demand for the Unconditional Release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

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"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is currently in detention by an order given under Article 10 (b) of the State Protection Act, which enables ?the Central Board, in the protection of the State against dangers,” to ?implement” a ?restrictive order”. The Article then states, ?The movements of a person against whom action is taken can be restricted for a period of up to one year”. After the arrival of an uninvited person to where she was being held under detention,Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with an offence under Article 22 of the State Protection Act, which says that ?any person against whom action is taken, who opposes, resists or disobeys any order passed under this Law shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of up to three years.”..."

Source/publisher: 

"LawKa PaLa - Legal Journal on Burma" - No. 37 (December 2010)

Date of Publication: 

2010-11-12

Date of entry: 

2018-05-24

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English

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