Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?s Detention Should Be Added to the List of the SPDC?s Crimes Against Humanity

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"On May 27, the SPDC extended Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?s house arrest. She was originally detained in May 2003 pursuant to the 1975 State Protection Act, which has a maximum detention period of five years. The five-year period has expired and thus she must be released immediately. Continuing to detain her is a flagrant violation of the SPDC?s own law. Moreover, there is no other applicable Burmese law under which the SPDC can continue to hold her, such as the Penal Code, because she has not committed any crime..."

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"LawKa PaLa - Legal Journal on Burma" - No. 30 (August 2008) - Burma Lawyers? Council (BLC)

Date of Publication: 

2008-05-28

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2018-06-13

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