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U.N. rights boss Bachelet denounces Suu Kyi conviction in ‘sham trial’

U.N. rights boss Bachelet denounces Suu Kyi conviction in ‘sham trial’

STEPHANIE NEBEHAY U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has denounced a four-year jail term handed down to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a "sham trial" and called for her immediate release. The conviction of Suu Kyi "closes yet another door to political dialogue" in Myanmar, where the military took power on Feb. 1, and "will only deepen rejection of the coup", Bachelet said in a statement in Geneva. A court jailed Suu Kyi for four years on Monday on charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions, said a source in a case that critics described as "farcical".…
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