Burma Rejects Appeal from Aung San Suu Kyi

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Burma Rejects Appeal from Aung San Suu Kyi

Source: VOA

A court in Burma has rejected an appeal for the release of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Her lawyers say they will appeal to a higher court.

Lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi say a district court in Rangoon Friday rejected their appeal for her release.

The democracy activist's lawyers had argued that the laws she was sentenced under are based on a defunct constitution and are therefore invalid.

Nyan Win is one of Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers. He says they will appeal to a higher court where they still have some hope.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-02-voa6.cfm

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