カテゴリー: Aung San Suu Kyi
Despite the Tatmadaw’s increasing viciousness, it appears unable to suppress resistanceIn February 2021, Myanmar’s army ended its decade-long, grudging tolerance of limited democracy by launching a coup, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected civ…
Court controlled by junta adds a further three years in jail to raft of other sentences handed to the former leaderMyanmar’s military coup explained in 30 secondsA military-controlled court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a f…
Economic adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was accused by military leaders of having confidential papersAung San Suu Kyi and the Australian academic Sean Turnell who served as her advisor have been sentenced to three years in prison after a clo…
Ousted leader’s estranged brother has won a court case allowing villa, considered a symbol of democracy in Myanmar, to be soldThe future of the lakeside villa in which Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest is feared to be in jeopardy, afte…
Ousted leader of Myanmar will appeal against new conviction added to earlier 11-year sentenceA court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges on Monday, adding six years to her earlie…
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Foreign minister tells regime Beijing expects it to seek ‘political reconciliation’, amid regional concerns over spiralling civil violenceChina’s foreign minister has called for Myanmar’s junta to hold talks with its opponents, during his first visit t…
Ousted leader, held at secret location for past year, charged with at least 20 offences and could spend rest of life in jailAung San Suu Kyi has been moved to solitary confinement inside a prison compound in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, according to t…
Four people including ex-MP Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy to be put to deathMyanmar’s junta has said it will execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the coun…
Supporters say cases against the deposed leader are an attempt to discredit her and legitimise the military’s seizure of powerOusted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial in a new corruption case against her, alleging she took $550,000 in b…
Deposed leader has been detained since a military coup in 2021 and has been charged with offences ranging from fraud to violating the official secrets actAung San Suu Kyi has been jailed for five years after she was found guilty of corruption by a cour…
Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocideMyanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court, where it sought to throw out a case alleging …
Junta warns public not to take part in planned ‘silent strike’ and arrests business owners who vowed to close on 1 February Myanmar’s military junta has threatened sedition and terrorism charges against anyone who shuts their business, claps or bang po…
Critics say series of charges over Covid rules and walkie-talkie possession designed to remove her as political threatAung San Suu Kyi has been handed a four-year jail sentence by a military court in Myanmar over various offences, including illegal pos…
Nobel laureate sentenced to four years in jail for incitement and breaching Covid regulationsMyanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has appeared in court wearing prison uniform, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said.Nobel laureate …