Myanmar’s military junta has reduced the prison sentence for Aung San Suu Kyi, having been pardoned of five legal charges – but the 78-year-old still has more than a dozen cases against her and faces the prospect of being detained for the rest of her life.
Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her championing of democracy, is still expected to serve a total of 27 years out of the 33 she was originally imprisoned for, a sentence that was widely derided by the international community as an attempt to discredit her and legitimise a 2021 army takeover – while preventing her return to politics.
