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Aung San Suu Kyi: Court sentences ousted leader, as UN criticises ‘sham’ trial
The ousted leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been found guilty of incitement and breaching Covid rules in the first of a series of court cases against her.
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UN Human Rights Council calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release
The UN’s top human rights body has called on Myanmar’s military government to release the elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi charged with possession of illegally imported walkie talkies
The charges from Myanmar’s police seem so trivial that they are almost laughable. But by charging ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possession of illegally imported walkie talkies, she faces a possible three-year prison sentence which would bar her from office. The military government, which seized power in Monday’s coup, is also reported to…
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Growing calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release
There are growing calls around the world for the release of Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under arrest a day after the army seized power in a coup.
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Aung San Suu Kyi detained in military coup in Myanmar
The military said they’d staged the takeover because of what they called voting fraud during last November’s elections, which Suu Kyi’s party won by a landslide.
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Jeremy Hunt tells Aung San Suu Kyi there must be ‘no hiding place’ for crimes against Rohingya
The Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said Myanmar must ensure there is “no hiding place” for those who carried out crimes against the Rohingya minority – if it is to avoid “a lasting stain on the country’s reputation”.
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UN Special Envoy claims Aung San Suu Kyi could be guilty of crimes against humanity
The United Nations Special Envoy on Human Rights in Myanmar, also known as Burma, has claimed that Aung San Suu Kyi could be complicit in the systematic persecution of the Rohingya people, in what bears all the hallmarks of genocide. Professor Yanghee Lee, who’s now been barred from Burma, said she’d received many death threats…
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Boris Johnson meets Aung San Suu Kyi and calls on her to help Rohingya refugees
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has met Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and called on her to help the Rohingya refugees. Mr Johnson said Burmese authorities should fully investigate the violence against the Rohingya minority and create the ‘right conditions’ for them to return to their homes in Rakhine state. More than 620, 000 Rohingya…
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Myanmar row: Bill Richardson argues with Aung San Suu Kyi
A major diplomatic row erupted in Myanmar today after the former US Congressman, Governor, and Clinton Cabinet Member Bill Richardson had a spectacular row with the country’s political leader Aung San Suu Kyi . Formerly a friend and advisor – Mr Richardson broke with her in a bitter argument, involving the Rohingya crisis and the freedom…
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Tom Tugendhat: Aung San Suu Kyi’s voice ‘sadly silent’ on Rohingyas
Tom Tugendhat, the new Conservative chair of the foreign affairs select committee, talks about the plight of the Rohingyas in Myanmar.
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Yanghee Lee: Aung San Suu Kyi ‘needs to show leadership’ over Rohingyas
Yanghee Lee, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, reacts to the reports coming out of the country.
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Myanmar election: Aung San Suu Kyi’s party heads for victory
A National League for Democracy spokesman said it expected to win about 70% of seats.
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Presidential elections: Aung San Suu Kyi would rule ‘above the president’ if her party
She’s banned by law from becoming president, but the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has declared that if her party wins a majority in Sunday’s elections, she will rule “above the president”. However she insisted that even if her National League for Democracy won a clean sweep, she would still seek national reconciliation…
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Aung San Suu Kyi interview with John Sparks
She says she’s confident of victory. With elections due later this year, the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is poised to win – but only if the vote is free and fair, which is far from certain. In a rare interview – the Nobel Peace laureate has been speaking to our Asia correspondent…
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Aung San Suu Kyi: a painful metamorphosis
For so long Burma’s chief dissident, now the leader of a political party, Aung San Suu Kyi strongly denies any complacency against persecution.