Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Human Rights Activist, was found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest by a military court Tuesday. The court sentenced Suu Kyi to a year-and-a-half of house arrest. On May 3, John William Yettaw, a 53-year-old former military serviceman from Falcon, Missouri, illegally entered Suu Kyi’s home and stayed there for two days. This presence violated Suu Kyi’s house arrest and she has been sentenced to serve 18 more months in home confinement.

This sentence is so unfortunate! Just when the government has said next year’s scheduled elections will reintroduce democracy in Myanmar. The Nobel laureate will very unlikely be able to participate, of course. This is a masquerade, truly. The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent 14 of the past 20 years in home confinement and we hope this time the international community will react strongly. I recommand you to read Max Dana’s post about the situation in Burma, published almost 2 years ago on Max Dana’s Blog: Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi and a thousand monks. Again. This post made me realized how bad was the situation there.

Aung San Suu Kyi has gained the support of citizens around the world and we hope she will stay strong enough to finally win this ‘battle’ against the junta.