The Independent’s documentary hailed for shining light on ‘reprehensible’ jailing of Aung San Suu Kyi - Bianca Jagger, Wild ...

Myanmar’s democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will turn 80 next summer amid growing concerns about her deteriorating health. Unless there is a significant political change in her country, she ...

Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty - There was no indication that Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, was among those pardoned ...

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The Burma Campaign UK rights group has calculated that the Nobel laureate has spent 19 years in captivity since 1989 as her ...

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi and around 20,000 fellow political prisoners will be the most crucial step towards ending the conflict in Myanmar, the country’s government-in-exile has said.

A Japanese filmmaker sentenced to 10 years in jail in Myanmar has backed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed. Toru Kubota, ...

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This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi. Mother to two sons, fate and history conspired to bring her to the forefront of Myanmar's push for democratic freedom, the world rushing to build her up as ...

Four years ago, the former British colony wedged between India and China promised so much. A half-century of military rule had given way to a government with a popular leader elected cleanly, with ...