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The Latest Breaking News from Aung San Suu Kyi

With all eyes focusing on the Russia-Ukraine war, Southeast Asia and the world should not forget about what has been going on in Myanmar. The military shows no signs of stopping its brutal campaign of violence against the people, who continue to fight for the democracy that was stolen from…

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's Suu Kyi misses court hearings due to quarantine

A legal official says ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not attended recent court hearings in which she is a defendant because she has been quarantined due to possible exposure to the coronavirus

The Independent UK

Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in quarantine' after staff test Covid-positive

Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said Monday.

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Myanmar Junta Leader Vows to ‘Annihilate’ Opponents

The leader of Myanmar’s military made the threat at a parade marking Armed Forces Day. The junta ousted civilian leaders, including State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, in February 2021.

The News Lens

Asean envoy urges restraint from Myanmar military

PHNOM PENH: A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Bangkok Post

ASEAN envoy meets generals in controversial Myanmar visit

It is unclear whether Prak Sokhonn will meet members of the Natonal Unity Government or detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Al Jazeera

US declares Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

Antony Blinken says evidence shows military had ‘clear intent’ to commit genocide in Myanmar.

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Myanmar revokes citizenship of shadow government figures

The military junta in Myanmar has revoked the citizenship of several members of the opposition government dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi’s toppled administration, it said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's Suu Kyi pleads not guilty as graft trial continues

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty to a corruption charge that alleged she had accepted $600,000 and seven gold bars from a former political ally

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing

Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocide

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar poses Asean quandary

In the year following the coup in Myanmar which unseated Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner and then State Counsellor (a position equivalent to prime minister), the country's military has continued to pursue a policy of violence against detractors, leaving the world aghast. It has also…

Bangkok Post

Cambodia says Myanmar frees Australian

Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former advisor to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from detention, Cambodian media reports say.

AAP

Myanmar piles on 11th corruption charge against Suu Kyi

Police in Myanmar have filed an 11th corruption charge against Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s elected leader who was ousted from power by a military takeover a year ago, State media reported that Suu Kyi was being charged under a bribery law that carries a maximum prison term of…

The Independent UK

Myanmar court postpones hearings in Suu Kyi's trial

A court in military-run Myanmar postponed two hearings this week in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a source with knowledge of proceedings said on Friday, after media reported the ousted leader had not been feeling well.

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Reuters

Myanmar court postpones hearing in Suu Kyi's trial-source

A court in military-run Myanmar postponed a hearing in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi this week, a source with knowledge of proceedings said on Friday, after media reported the ousted leader had not been feeling well.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi faces new charge amid fresh violence

New corruption charge announced as military forces reportedly burned down as many as 400 houses in northwest Sagaing region.

Reuters

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new bribery charge in string of cases - state TV

Myanmar's military government announced a new bribery charge against deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, the country's state broadcaster reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar Marks Coup Anniversary with Protests and Unrest

Streets in some of Myanmar's main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of military rule held "silent strikes", marking the first anniversary of a coup that led to deadly chaos and snuffed out tentative steps towards democracy. The United States, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions on the…

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France 24

Myanmar's deadly spiral: One year after coup, can civil war be avoided?

Is there no stopping all-out civil war in Myanmar? On the first anniversary of the coup that ended power sharing between Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy and a military whose candidates had just been trounced in a general election, a silent strike took place to protest the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar Shuts Shop to Defy Junta on Coup Anniversary

Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a silent strike on the first anniversary of the military coup. The junta that ended the Southeast Asian country's brief democratic interlude and toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

ABC News

Myanmar coup anniversary leads to sanctions against top junta officials, but not from Australia

To mark a year since the government of Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by Myanmar's military, several of Australia's closest allies have imposed sanctions on several top junta officials – including its attorney-general and other senior judicial officers.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar coup: A year of protest, reprisals and diplomatic inertia

Since seizing power, the military regime has used force against opponents and struggled for diplomatic recognition.

Reuters

Myanmar's year of turmoil since a military coup

Myanmar's military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1 last year, citing unaddressed fraud in an election three months earlier won in a landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party.

The Independent UK

Election fraud trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi set for Feb. 14

The trial of Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for election fraud is set begin in Feb. 14

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to go on trial for election fraud Feb 14 - source

A court in army-ruled Myanmar will start an election fraud trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb 14, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Monday, after she was accused of influencing the 2020 vote to win a second term in office.

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