Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar’s jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ill
The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected government and…
Myanmar Junta frees over 3,000 prisoners
January saw the release of 7,000 prisoners to mark the 75th anniversary of independence from the former British colonial power.…
Japanese journalist Toru Kubota jailed in Myanmar
Kubota was sentenced to three years for sedition and seven years for violating electronic communications laws. The sentences are to…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi jailed for election fraud
For more than a year, Suu Kyi has been on trial on multiple charges, ranging from corruption and incitement to…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi transferred to solitary confinement
Suu Kyi faces 11 corruption charges, each of which carries a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
Myanmar’s junta leader vows to annihilate anti-military groups
The military seized power last year from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
World Court sets February for hearing of Rohingya genocide case
More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after a military-led crackdown in 2017 and were forced into squalid camps across the…
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi
The trial in the capital, Naypyitaw, has been closed to the media and the junta's public information outlets have not…
UN condemns conviction of U.S. journalist in Myanmar
Danny Fenster, the managing editor of an independent magazine called Frontier Myanmar was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a…
Myanmar junta charges ousted Suu Kyi with corruption
Ousted Myanmar head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption, according to a newspaper report on…
Suu Kyi Myanmar ousted leader emerges in court
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday for the first time since…
Myanmar junta opponents set up new army
Myanmar's National Unity Government, set up by opponents of the ruling junta said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's…
Myanmar junta leader in Jakarta for crisis talks
Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the military takeover that sparked turmoil in his country, arrived in Jakarta on…
Myanmar could slide into civil war, warns Germany’s Maas
Myanmar could slide into civil war in the wake of the military coup , Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned…
Internet blackout in Myanmar
Myanmar's military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice