This archive report was first published on 5 October 2021.
Yangon, Myanmar - October 5, 2021
Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing a raft of charges, including sedition and illegally importing walkie-talkies, which could see her jailed for decades.
Her lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, announced on Tuesday that Suu Kyi will not call any defence witnesses at her incitement trial in a junta court, citing concerns for their safety.
The 76-year-old Nobel laureate has been under house arrest since the military coup in February, with her only link to the outside world being pre-hearing meetings with her lawyers.
Meanwhile, an American journalist, Danny Fenster, has been hit with a second criminal charge, including unlawful association, while in pre-trial detention.
Fenster, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was detained at Yangon International Airport in May and is currently on trial for allegedly encouraging dissent against the military.
More than 1,100 people have been killed and over 8,700 arrested since the coup, according to a local monitoring group.
