The Burmese Supreme Court will consider the appeal of Aung San Suu Kyi

The Supreme Court of Myanmar agreed Monday to consider the appeal of the opponent Aung San Suu Kyi cons his new arrest.
Lawyers for the Nobel Peace appealed last month after the confirmation of sentence by a Burmese court. Aung Suu Kyi, who has already spent in custody 14 of the last 20 years, was sentenced August 11 to be accommodated for two days in May, an American arrived at her house to swim.

The extended her house arrest has no legal value because it is based on articles of the Constitution of 1974 had shorter, "said one of his lawyers, Kyi Win told reporters after the hearing the Supreme Court.

The highest court of Canada has also agreed to consider an appeal by two former comrades of Aung San Suu Kyi, also under house arrest for 18 months.

The dissenting aged 64 was sentenced to three years hard labor, a sentence commuted to 18 months of house arrest by General Than Shwe, head of the junta.

This penalty was denounced by the entire international community because it will de facto prevent them in the forthcoming elections scheduled next year