Tag: Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar junta pardons ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi for five offences: Report
YANGON: Myanmar‘s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be pardoned for five of the numerous offences for which she was jailed for a total…
Myanmar Junta extends emergency, delays polls
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military-controlled government has extended the state of emergency it imposed when the army seized power from an elected government 2 1/2 years ago,…
Myanmar Emergency: Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls | World News
YANGON: Myanmar‘s National Defence and Security Council agreed Monday to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections…
Myanmar junta hints at extending state of emergency
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta chief hinted the military may further extend a state of emergency and delay promised elections in comments published Friday, saying greater efforts…
Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s Supreme Court to hear Aung San Suu Kyi pleas
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s Supreme Court scheduled hearings for this month to consider appeals from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her conviction in cases that…
Myanmar: Myanmar junta using imported arms to commit rights violations: UN expert
UNITED NATIONS: Myanmar‘s military has imported $1 billion in weapons since seizing power in a 2021 coup and used them “to commit atrocities,” a United…
Myanmar: Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture
BANGKOK: Myanmar‘s military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately…
Myanmar: Air strikes kill dozens in central Myanmar
BANGKOK: Dozens of people in coup-hit Myanmar‘s central region were killed in air strikes Tuesday, according to local media reports and a witness contacted by…
Myanmar marks coup anniversary with eyes on junta election plan
YANGON: Myanmar democracy activists called for businesses to close nationwide on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu…
UN says Myanmar junta elections will fuel violence
BANGKOK: Junta plans for elections in coup-hit Myanmar this year will “fuel greater violence”, a United Nations special envoy said on Tuesday, calling for the…