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Top Myanmar general attends event honouring Aung San Suu Kyi's father

The country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent from the event for a fifth consecutive year since her arrest in February 2021 following a coup d'état.

19/07/2025

Myanmar

Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils killed in strike on rural school

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army's 2021 takeover ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into a durable armed resistance denying the army control of much of the country.

13/05/2025

Myanmar

Myanmar junta chief commits to elections by end of year

The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed resistance which has plunged much of the country into conflict.

27/03/2025

World News

Myanmar junta extends mandate to rule by further six months

The military declared a state of emergency in 2021 when it arrested the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in an army takeover which reversed years of progress toward democracy after five decades of military rule.

01/02/2025

Myanmar

Mynamar reduces some of Aung San Suu Kyi's prison sentences

Myanmar's military government has reduced some of the prison sentences being served by former ruler Aung San Suu Kyi in an act of clemency timed to coincide with a religious festival.

01/08/2023

Myanmar

Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her, a legal official said.

30/12/2022

Myanmar

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for three more years for 'election fraud'

The ousted leader has already been imprisoned for 17 years on various charges, which supporters say are politically motivated.

02/09/2022

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to six more years in prison for corruption

Analysts say the charges are an attempt to legitimise the military’s seizure of power.

15/08/2022

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi moved to prison, says Myanmar military junta

Human rights experts have accused the army of creating a "digital dictatorship" through internet shutdowns and surveillance since last year's coup.

23/06/2022

Myanmar

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to further five years in prison

Analysts say the conviction is an unjust move to legitimise the military junta’s seizure of power in 2021.

27/04/2022

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi: Ousted leader 'sentenced to four more years in jail'

A legal official speaking anonymously said the court found Suu Kyi guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions.

10/01/2022

Myanmar

Myanmar court postpones verdicts in 2nd case against Suu Kyi

The court gave no reason for delaying the verdicts until Jan. 10, according to the legal official.

27/12/2021

Myanmar

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi jail sentence reduced to two years

Myanmar's military seized power on February 1, arresting Suu Kyi and scores of others, and plunging Myanmar into turmoil.

06/12/2021

Myanmar

Myanmar court postpones verdict for ousted leader Suu Kyi

A court in Myanmar postponed its verdict in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

30/11/2021

Myanmar

Myanmar: Suu Kyi trial 'seriously abridges free and fair standards'

Human Rights Watch says gag orders have been imposed on the deposed leader's lawyers and information on her trial is hard to come by.

26/10/2021

Myanmar

Myanmar junta leader says over 5,000 anti-coup protesters to be freed

Coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing was speaking for the first time since being excluded from the upcoming ASEAN summit of south-east Asian leaders.

18/10/2021