Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted pro-democracy leader of Myanmar, has been transferred from house arrest to solitary imprisonment in a Nay Pyi Taw prison.
The 77-year-old Nobel winner was detained in February 2021, after the military overthrew her elected administration.
She has been held at an unidentified location in the capital for the past year.
Ms. Suu Kyi has been condemned to 11 years in prison and faces a multitude of other accusations. She denies all allegations made against her.
It is expected that she will attend trial proceedings from a special court established within the prison.
According to a brief statement issued by the military government, the action was consistent with Myanmar’s criminal laws.
Human rights organizations have denounced the trials as fraud. The public and media have been excluded from the closed-door proceedings, and Ms. Suu Kyi’s attorneys are prohibited from engaging with the media.
Ms. Suu Kyi continues to have widespread support in Myanmar, often known as Burma. According to some estimates, if convicted of all counts, she would face a total prison term of more than 190 years.
In February of last year, the military violently seized control, months after Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won general elections by a landslide.
Independent election observers stated that the vote was mainly free and fair, notwithstanding the military’s accusations of voting fraud.
Myanmar’s military retaliated against pro-democracy protestors, activists, and journalists in response to the widespread protests sparked by the coup.
Ms. Suu Kyi, as well as several members of her party, are among the more than 14,000 people jailed by the military since they seized control.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, around 2,000 individuals have been slain by the military’s crackdown on the opposition (Burma).
There is significant opposition to the military junta, and several regions of the country are currently embroiled in armed warfare.
