カテゴリー: Aung San Suu Kyi
Critics of regime and journalists among those released but thousands remain in detentionMyanmar’s military junta has released more than 2,000 prisoners, including peaceful protesters and journalists who have been held in detention for months.Crowds gat…
No media in court and heavy police presence outside as former leader faces raft of chargesThe trial of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi began on Monday in a closed courtroom in Naypyidaw, as the military junta escalated its attempts to remove h…
Human rights commissioner says junta is ‘singularly responsible for crisis’ before ousted leader’s trialMyanmar has descended into a “human rights catastrophe”, the UN’s top human rights official has warned in the run-up to the scheduled start of the t…
The deposed leader is accused of misuse of land for a charity foundation, on top of accepting bribes of gold and cashMyanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other former officials from her government have been hit with fresh corruption charges,…
In first interview since February coup, Min Aung Hlaing says deposed leader is in good health Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is healthy at home and will appear in court in a few days, in his first inte…
Daw Myo Aye, labour organiser and a leader of civil disobedience protests, dragged from office by armyOne of Myanmar’s leading trade union leaders has been arrested as part of escalating attacks on pro-democracy figures by the military junta.Daw Myo Ay…
Kyaw Zwar Minn says ‘it’s a kind of coup’, while sources say deputy has taken charge on behalf of militaryMyanmar’s ambassador to London has been locked out of the country’s embassy – apparently by his deputy, who was reported to have taken charge on b…
As ethnic militias back the popular uprising and refugees flee the country, the similarities with Syria are deeply disturbingIn August 2011, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s then foreign minister, made a “mercy dash” to Damascus. He appealed in person to Syri…
New cuts affect wireless broadband services and come as UN security council expresses ‘deep concern’ at the ‘rapidly deteriorating situation’ Myanmar’s military junta has expanded an internet shutdown, further stifling access to information in the coun…
Economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi accused with deposed leader of breaching official secrets lawsThe Australian government is calling for Myanmar’s military regime to release an Australian man who worked as an economic adviser to the deposed leader A…
UN envoy says Myanmar at risk of imminent ‘bloodbath’, as new charges against ousted leader emergeAung San Suu Kyi and her Australian economic adviser are among several people charged with breaking Myanmar’s colonial-era official secrets law, in an esc…
Alternative civilian government proposes ‘federal democracy charter’, amid fears of civil war Myanmar protesters have burned a copy of the country’s military-drafted constitution as the UN envoy monitoring the crisis warned the security council of the …
Hundreds have died since February’s coup. Civilians are defiant – but while their resistance persists, so does the military’s bloody grip on powerEleven-year-old Aye Myat Thu was buried with her dolls at the weekend, hours after she was killed by secur…
At least 114 people reported killed by security forces on Saturday during protestsMyanmar security forces opened fire on mourners gathered for the funeral of one of the 114 people killed the previous day, the bloodiest day of protests since the militar…
US secretary of state says Washington ‘horrified’ after bloodiest day since February coupThe killing by Myanmar’s military of more than 100 pro-democracy protesters in the single deadliest day since February’s coup has drawn outrage from across the wor…