Lawyer: Trial of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi likely to wrap up with defense giving final statement

August 4th, 2009 American on trial with Suu Kyi hospitalizedYANGON, Myanmar — An American on trial for secretly entering the house of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hospitalized after suffering seizures, hospital sources said Tuesday. John Yettaw, 53, was admitted to Yangon's main general hospital Monday and that his condition was improving, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals in the military-run nation.

July 28th, 2009 Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi verdict set for FridayYANGON, Myanmar — The defense team for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivered its final arguments Tuesday, closing the case days ahead of a verdict the Nobel laureate softly said will be "painfully obvious." The high-profile trial that began in May has drawn international condemnation from rights activists, world leaders and celebrities who have called for her immediate release. But neither outside pressure nor the possibility of closer ties with the West have deterred the ruling junta, who appeared determined to find her guilty and keep her behind bars through elections planned for next year.

July 27th, 2009 Suu Kyi trial enters final phase in MyanmarYANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was adjourned until Tuesday when her defense team will give their reply to final prosecution arguments, Suu Kyi's lawyer said. The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest by harboring an uninvited American man who swam to her lakeside home and stayed for two days.

July 27th, 2009 Suu Kyi awarded Amnesty's highest honorYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won Amnesty International's highest award for her defense of human rights, underscoring international support for the Nobel laureate whose trial is ending Tuesday. She is widely expected to be convicted of violating the terms of her house arrest and faces a possible five years in prison, although there has been speculation she may stay under house arrest rather than serve time in jail.

July 24th, 2009 Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi resumes in MyanmarYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. The widely criticized proceedings started up again Friday with defense lawyers and prosecutors expected to present final arguments.

July 24th, 2009 Trial of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi resumesYANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar's jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday with her lawyers set to present a final argument in their efforts to save the Nobel laureate from a possible five-year prison term. Suu Kyi, 64, is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest by harboring an uninvited American man who swam to her lakeside home and stayed for two days.

July 23rd, 2009 Bribery trial: Ex-lawmaker not planning to testifyALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes will not testify in his defense at his bribery trial, his lawyer said Wednesday.

July 8th, 2009 Defense rests in NH tax evaders' weapons trialCONCORD, N.H. — Testimony has ended in New Hampshire in the trial of tax evaders accused of booby-trapping their property to harm federal agents during a 2007 standoff.

July 6th, 2009 Prosecutors call Taylor witness list excessiveTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor could take up to four more years, if his lawyers call all their witnesses, prosecutors told judges Monday at a Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal sitting in The Hague. Taylor is due to begin his defense case next week answering 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone.

July 3rd, 2009 Pa. senator guilty of $3.5M fraud seeks new trialPHILADELPHIA — A former Pennsylvania state senator convicted of a multimillion-dollar fraud is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted. A jury in March found Philadelphia Democrat Vincent Fumo defrauded the state Senate, a charity and a museum of $3.5 million.

June 25th, 2009 Lawyer: Politkovskaya murder aquittal overturnedMOSCOW — Russia's Supreme Court has thrown out the acquittal of three men tried for the murder of journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya. Defense lawyer Murad Musayev told The Associated Press that the court reached the decision Thursday and ordered a new trial in the case.

June 11th, 2009 Witness won't testify at ex-congressman's trialALEXANDRIA, Va. — The woman who triggered an investigation of former congressman William Jefferson and eventually gave him a suitcase stuffed with $100,000 in cash won't be called as a prosecution witness at Jefferson's trial on bribery and other charges.

May 30th, 2009 Suu Kyi prepares for defenseYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi harbors no ill feelings toward an American whose uninvited intrusion into her house may put her behind bars for five years, her lawyer said Saturday. The country's military regime has accused her of violating the terms of her house arrest for sheltering American John W.

May 14th, 2009 Lawyer: Trial imminent for Myanmar's Suu KyiYANGON, Myanmar — A spokesman for her party says that detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be put on trial Thursday in connection with the intrusion of an American into her compound. Nyan Win says he was informed of the plan to try Suu Kyi and two women who live with her by her lawyer Kyi Win.

May 4th, 2009 Group: Jailed UK woman in Laos has no lawyerBANGKOK — A pregnant British woman who faces possible death by firing squad in Laos if convicted of drug smuggling has not been assigned a defense lawyer, raising concerns as to whether she would receive a fair trial, a human rights group said Monday. Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in jail in the communist-ruled country since August, when she was accused of trying to smuggle 1.5 pounds (0.68 kilogram) of heroin in her luggage.