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Article: Aung San Suu Kyi sentence denounced; Aung San Suu Kyi sentence is denounced ; Human rights groups and governments see no good will in house arrest
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- August 12, 2009
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Seth Mydans
International Herald Tribune
08-12-2009
Aung San Suu Kyi sentence denounced; Aung San Suu Kyi sentence is denounced ; Human rights groups and governments see no good will in house arrest
Byline: Seth Mydans
Type: News
If the commutation of the pro-demoocracy leader's sentence to house arrest was intended as a conciliatory gesture by Myanmar's ruling generals, it seemed to have little effect.
Three months after the start of a trial that aroused worldwide condemnation, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was returned Tuesday to house arrest, where she has spent most of the past 20 years.
Playing up a moment of suspense, a court first sentenced Ms. Aung San Suu ...