Suu Kyi’s trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief’s statement
The trial of Myanmar‘s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was set to start on Monday, as the junta that overthrew her elected government rejected criticism...
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi asks court to let her meet lawyers
Myanmar’s detained government leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked a court on Monday to be allowed to meet her lawyers in person when she appeared...
Myanmar police fire rubber bullets, wounding three, as hundreds of thousands protest
Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of...
UNSC demands Myanmar coup leaders free Suu Kyi as U.S. weighs sanctions
The United Nations Security Council called for the release of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military as diplomatic and...
Myanmar junta blocks Facebook as opposition grows to coup
Myanmar’s junta blocked Facebook in the name of ensuring stability on Thursday and activists said at least three people were arrested at a street protest...
Canada legislators vote to strip Myanmar’s Suu Kyi of citizenship
Canadian legislators, in a symbolic move, on Thursday voted unanimously to strip Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship in response to crimes committed...
Making mockery of the Nobel peace prize
By Gwynne Dyer Nobel Peace Prize winners sometimes go on to undistinguished later careers, and some seem to have got the prize by mistake....
EU raises concerns with Suu Kyi over Reuters reporters’ arrests
The European Union’s envoy to Myanmar has raised concerns about the arrest of two Reuters journalists in a letter to the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,...
Bob Geldof calls Aung San Suu Kyi ‘handmaiden to genocide’
Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi “a hand maiden to genocide” on Monday as he returned his Freedom...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi urges people not to quarrel on Rakhine visit
Myanmar‘s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Thursday urged people “not to quarrel” as she visited Rakhine State for the first time since...
City of Oxford strips Suu Kyi of human rights award
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of a human rights award by the City of Oxford, where she was an undergraduate, as British...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denies going ‘soft’ on military
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing,...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses but rights groups sceptical
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in troubled Rakhine State and said anyone responsible would face the law, and...
Suu Kyi meets Obama in Washington for first time as Myanmar leader
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi met President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday on her first visit to the United States since her...
Emotions run high as Myanmar swears in first president with no army ties in more than 50 years
Myanmar’s parliament swore in the first president with no military ties in more than half a century on Wednesday, after Aung San Suu Kyi’s National...
Myanmar’s parliament elects Suu Kyi confidant as president (Updated with Video)
By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski Myanmar’s parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as president on...
Myanmar’s NLD names Suu Kyi confidant as presidential candidate (Video)
By Timothy Mclaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw Myanmar‘s National League for Democracy (NLD) has proposed a close friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi...
Suu Kyi allies form Myanmar ruling party after decades of struggle
By Timothy Mclaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmar’s parliament on...
In first step to power, Suu Kyi holds talks with Myanmar president
By Aung Hla Tun and Timothy Mclaughlin Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi held direct talks with Myanmar’s top general for the first time on...
World leaders laud Myanmar election as Suu Kyi secures majority
By Antoni Slodkowski The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar’s parliament, the election commission said on Friday,...