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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

UN calls on Myanmar junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and respect earthquake recovery ceasefire

The United Nations called for full amnesty for jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained since the 2021 coup as it condemned the junta’s more than 100 military strikes in the earthquake-ravaged country.

Fighting across civil war-ravaged Myanmar has continued as the military was accused of breaching the ceasefire declaration even as a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 3,600 people, with 5,018 injured and 145 missing.

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