Aung San Suu Kyi

The UN Human Rights Office said the military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since the army takeover as its grip on power eroded.

Myanmar extends state of emergency for six months

Myanmar has been locked in a civil war triggered by the military's overthrow of the elected civilian government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military regime

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in 2021, is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya.

Aung San Suu Kyi has some of her prison sentences reduced by Myanmar's military-led government

The head of Myanmar’s military council, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, granted the clemency order to reduce the sentences in five cases against Suu Kyi in which she was convicted of violating coronavirus restrictions, illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and sedition, according to a report on state MRTV.

In Pics: Over 100 killed in Junta airstrike; here's what is happening in Myanmar post 2021 coup

Myanmar has suffered decades of repressive military rule. In 2021, Myanmar’s brief tryst with democracy ended when its military seized power in a coup against the democratically elected government, dashing hopes for democratic reforms in the country.

Myanmar court to deliver final verdicts this week in Aung San Suu Kyi trials

Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, was arrested when the military seized power on Feb. 1 last year in a coup that ended a decade of tentative democracy and plunged the country into chaos.

Australia calls for immediate release of economist jailed by Myanmar

A closed court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian Sean Turnell to three years in prison on charges of violating the official secrets act

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi, Australian economist for 3 years: Source

Both had been charged with violating an official secrets act, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years, and had pleaded not guilty.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to three years for electoral fraud: Source

Aung San Suu Kyi was "sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour", the source said, adding that the Nobel laureate, 77, appeared to be in good health.

Suu Kyi jailed for 5years on corruption charges; here’s all you need to know about her

On April 27, a Myanmar junta court sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption. Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted civilian leader of Myanmar and Nobel laureate, has been charged with a raft of criminal offences including voter fraud. Here’s what we know about the 76-year-old leader’s life after Myanmar military overthrew her government in 2021. (Image: News18 Creative)

Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 5 years in jail for corruption: Source

The case was the first of 11 corruption charges against the Nobel laureate, each carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. The source declined to be identified because her trials are being held behind closed doors.

In Pics | Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

Fourteen sketches smuggled out of Myanmar's Insein Prison and interviews with eight former prisoners offer a rare glimpse inside the country's most notorious jail, where thousands of political prisoners have been sent since last year's military coup and communication with the outside world is sharply limited

Foreign Secy Harsh Vardhan Shringla begins Myanmar visit in first outreach since coup

Issues relating to humanitarian support, security, India-Myanmar border concerns, and the political situation in Myanmar will be discussed during the visit

Myanmar court defers verdicts in Suu Kyi trial to December 27

The court had been due to rule on charges of possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies and a set of signal jammers, which carry maximum penalties of three years and a year in jail, respectively

Myanmar's NUG announces adoption of USDT as official currency

Tether has, for long, been mired in various controversies, owning to the ambiguity that surrounds its digital currency-backing reserves of the dollar. It is essentially considered as a reserve for a particular asset, which in turn, are held as collateral. Simply put, for every 1 USDT, the company will have to compulsorily have $1 in their reserve.

India says disturbed over sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi had been sentenced to a four-year jail term by a court in Myanmar after holding her guilty of inciting dissent in the first of a series of verdicts. Her sentence was later reduced from four years to two years.

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years in prison

The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being prosecuted since the army seized power on February 1, preventing her National League for Democracy party from starting a second five-year term in office.

Myanmar court defers first verdicts in Aung San Suu Kyi trial

The Nobel Peace laureate, who led an elected civilian government that was ousted in a February 1 military coup, has been held incommunicado and on trial since June, with court hearings behind closed doors.

UN General Assembly demands Myanmar Junta end coup and stop the killings

Myanmar’s trajectory — from decades of military rule to a move toward democratic transition in recent years, and then abruptly and violently back to military rule this year — has made the Southeast Asian country of 54 million the site of one of the world’s most acute crises.

Myanmar violence escalating, creating 'rights catastrophe': UN

Pointing to reported military build-up in several regions of the country, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for a halt to the already spiralling violence to avert even greater loss of life and a deepening humanitarian emergency.

Protracted unrest in Myanmar could put India’s ‘Act East’ policy in limbo

The Sittwe deep-water port and a 1,360-km highway to connect India and Thailand via Myanmar are among the Indian infrastructure projects that could be affected if the unrest continues.

Myanmar anti-coup protest | 100 days of force and resistance in Myanmar

In the 100 days since its takeover, the military has failed to secure its position and faces battles on more fronts, as armed ethnic minority groups seeking more autonomy join their struggle to that of the democracy activists.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi hit with new criminal charge

The 75-year-old Nobel laureate has not been seen in public since being detained in the early hours of February 1 as the military deposed her government and seized power.

Taiwan's Myanmar community denounces coup with defiant songs

Taiwan is home to around 40,000 people originally from Myanmar, most of whom are ethnic Chinese. Some are descendents of Nationalist troops trapped in Myanmar, then called Burma, at the end of China's civil war in 1949. Others have come more recently, fleeing repression and anti-Chinese sentiment.

China will engage with all parties in Myanmar post-military coup: Chinese FM

Myanmar's military toppled the government last month and seized power for one year, detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint in the coup.